But there are so many people getting married!! It's great that people are committing their lives for one another and God.
To those that I won't be able to witness, please forgive me.
School is just tedious. Not hard, I'm fine, and not too stressed out, just can't wait to get out.
I'm listening to phil collins. Wonderful.
My knee is doing just dandy, thank you to those that asked. I am just doing strength building rehab now, and have been told that I will be jogging on a treadmill in 2 weeks!!!
I love my family. Both sides.
I miss my family. Both sides.
This is the first time in 5 years I have ever been homesick.
Open your hearts. That's how you love your enemies. That also means to open your mind. Because you cannot love with judgment in your mind.
I'm glad to hear your knee is getting better and that married life is as amazing as we always talked about it being. One day hopefully I'll meet Joel. And hey - not everyone is getting married yet!! What do you think about Palin? Did you watch the debate?
i'm not sure about you but i'm ready to be back in bowling green. i'm so happy that your knee is getting better!!! remember when you AND lassie were temporarily out of order? that was a sad day... and i think that is exactly how i am going to be... i won't be homesick for quite a while. & opening my heart is something i need to work on - thanks for all your encouragement! i love you and miss you. but i will see you soon!
It's pretty good! I'm really just doing independent research and then writing a paper so it's not as time intensive as I thought. At least not right now...it'll get nuts later, i'm sure ;)
school is tedious...phil collins IS wonderful..I am so glad that your knee is getting better! and that you love your family...both sides...and that you are amazing...you just reminded me how much i love you. p.s. sorry youre homesick. If you need a ride to lufkin im headed home for thanksgiving
haha yeah I am. I am still paranoid about residual loans and what not from when I did not. But lately I've been taking time to stop and breathe, so thats been good. What are you up to these days?!
For those of you who don't know, or knew of only the potential...I finally had knee surgery on my problematic left knee.
About 1 month ago I was attempting to rescue a bloody nose at a camp I was running at a Giant Inflatables Gymnasium and found myself stepping wrong on the Giant "Non-Supportive" Inflatables feeling the exact symptoms of a cartilage tear. Thought I would just ignore the problem until I couldn't walk anymore at Kings Island and was forced to suppress my pride and ride in a wheel chair with a loving mother-in-law pushing me and telling me to go to the doctor and quit being ridiculous.
I set up and appointment, 3 weeks later Doctor says it doesn't feel weird to him, let's get an MRI to make sure it is a meniscus tear. The MRI reveals that the meniscus is torn all the way around and I have a partial tear in my ACL. Prep-for surgery, not expecting anything to be too bad with the ACL, I mean the doctor did not, why should I?
I wake up with a trimmed meniscus and a complete ACL replacement. It was an ACL injury from a long time ago!! I did this at FC people!!! So, a one year full recovery is anticipated and hopefully a knee without ANY problems will come out of it.
I hope you enjoyed the story.
Don't ever take walking, bathing, or sleeping comfortably for granted. You don't find those blessings until you don't have them anymore.
you should add putting on shoes to the list of things not to take for granted... :)
did you ever make it back to therapy on friday? sorry i wasn't around to pick you up, i ran out to the jones' for a little bit...
aww poor katie... :( good thing i am here to take care of you and your poor little knee! haha, but i guess you have been taking care of me too! yes, thank you for the nasty throat spray. my throat feels a lot better! oh... and don't hesitate to beat anyone by the initials of S.T. with your crutches.
we did not evacuate. everything down here is okay. we got absolutely nothing from the storm. it was all north of us. however, corpus had high tides from it. thanks for checking!!
Since my last post, Joel and I have celebrated our one year anniversary. I'm not gonna lie, that first year was fantastic, I can't wait for more!
Even though my traveling has slowed to mostly a complete stop, people's visiting is not at rest.
After my trip to GA (alone), this has been every weekend spot.
1st, Sarah and Jenna Came to visit in Nashville. We played a little frisbee and a little phone tag; but I'm glad I got hugs.
2nd, Kara Dobbs and her family came to visit, had a blast.
3rd, Dillon, Brett, and Desiree came in to camp and go to Holiday world, also a blast was had.
4th, my parents are coming to visit for a few days, good times to be expected.
5th, Kara is to move in, thus her parents visiting town once more
6th, School starts for the last time (till i decide to get my masters)!!!!!!!
I'm glad summer has gone out with a bang instead of a sizzling stop.
I have also decided to quit using the word Awesome. Ralph Walker told me one time that when the word "awesome" is used in the bible, not only does it mean "full of awe", but it is saved to be only in reference to God. Not his creation. Not his miracles. Not his new Bon Jovi CD. But only when it is referring to HIM. God is Awesome. I will save this word for Him.
May God bless you in everything you do.
Pray w/o Ceasing
AMEN to the "awesome". I am trying to not use it. haha... and after I say that to you, I think I just used it in my new post. But, I have thought of that before, and I actually think Ralph is the one who pointed it to me as well.
Glad your surgery went well. I'm having a little problem my self! I must have toched something @ the club house or something because, my eyes are baseicly swolen shut!! I probley won't be seeing you to morrow @ CABG.
I am one of the firm believers that God allows EVERYTHING to happen for a reason. Some people might think that I take this too far. When they think of God having a hand in everything it seems like we are mere puppets and the freedom of choice is missing.
But I believe that "In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory." eph 1:11-12
Why would I want to put my confidence in coincidence or myself? God has given us choice, but he has also given us petition of prayer, and thanks in praise, and mercy in his son. How is that not already everything? What is so sad, is as badly as I WANT God, He will ALWAYS want me more.
But back to my Title. If God has His predestined plan, and he has given us the chance to pray, what's the point? God is a teacher, He wants you to want Him. I have to "learn" from my own mistakes, and sincerely pray to Him. When we pray, do we pray with confidence that He will change things, or do we merely plead by the chance that He might change things?
Just some stuff to chew on. I'm sure I'll get some disagreements out of my point of view, but that's ok, because He also created us different.
In ten days. So I was at a bible study yesterday and we were talking about how the "youth" today doesn't know how to relax. One older guy said, "Just look at those tv shows where all those young people all live together in a big house together and just yell all day long in like the 'Real Life World' or something" just wanted to let you know what our generation has boiled down to in the eyes of the elderly.
haha...an 82 is really good. there were points taken off for random things...like if the film wasnt positioned in the mouth correctly. and i would LOVE to clean your teeth
I'm in my first semester of block (a type of student teaching that involves a bigger rotation of public schools to teach at). My class today is on spring break and my Tuesday class at Bristow is going on a field trip!! Thank you nasty public school schedules for giving my knee 2 more days to heal.
Lassie is the best heating pad. I try not to use alot of electricity during the day to save a little money, so I don't turn on the heat usually. I like it when lassie lays on me to take her morning nap because she is warm and cuddly. I don't like it when she smells and has gas though.
A young man at our church gave a "confessional" of his past life. He used to be a part of things all parents fear, for about 8 years. He said it left him empty, but he knew nothing else. Then he met God. He used to pray to "Fred" cause he didn't know who to pray to he just knew someone heard him. He said God is the ONLY thing that helped him. No one else gave him the answer, he found it all on his own. God led him to Him. I couldn't quit crying. Not because his life of the past broke my heart, but because I was so excited to be seeing a modern day miracle. Of God grabbing his little head like a kid playing with a toy car, and leading him to His protection and love. I love Him.
I LOVE saying hi to you...and talking to you...and being your friend. I love you. When Justin was talking, I thought he said he called God "friend"...but "fred" makes me laugh more. ;)
