Seriously!! I haven't seen Evan Almighty yet but I have read the story from Genesis about the real Noah Almighty and the story is alive here in Oklahoma!!!
Usually this time of year Oklahoma is well into the 100s temp wise, the grass is brown, wildfires are blazing throughout the prairie and we are begging for the Lord to give us a shot of aqua.
Not this year.
Last year at this time Oklahoma was in the news for the constant wildfires and a severe drought.
This year, flooding and recovery efforts of those swept away by the flooding are in the news.
It's unreal. We have had rain every day that I have been home and it is forecast everyday in the 7-day.
In other news....
I have had a great visit. I am actually singing in choir this Sunday with my mom. Choir robes and everything people!!! I did choir practice last night and finally worked back up to my B-flat. It had been awhile since I have used my choir voice and it was a lot of fun.
I pick up Abi and Grant from camp with our old church today. Paige has had a great visit with her cousins and Kurtis's parents this week.
Sunday I went back to our old church in Norman and it was great to see old friends and catch up with some of them.
Last night at choir practice I got to catch up with friends from OBU and other connections that come with being a Southern Baptist in the Bible Belt.
Hanging out with my family has been awesome. I've spent more time with my dad's mom that I have in years.
I've heard family stories I have never heard before and learned my grandfather's (my mom's dad) family history which an aunt has traced back to England in 1683.
All in all, it has been a great visit. I can't believe I will still be here a week!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Friday, June 08, 2007
Reflections
Early Wednesday morning I received a call from my youngest brother that my Aunt Maxine(we call her Mappy!) had passed away at the age of 87.
I taught my classes, ran many errands and focused on figuring out a way to get home for the funeral.
Later, that night I talked to my oldest little brother, Max, and we reflected on her and her husband's life (he passed away last Nov) and the nonsense of the years we had together.
What's funny is, this was our great aunt. My grandma's sister on my dad's side. She was such a stinker!! She was the first one to cut up with you-she usually brought it on actually!! We road thousands of miles across country with her, her husband, other great aunts and my grandma (once my great grandma was along at the age of 91). There were no seat belt laws at the time so my brother and I would sit on this big round port-a-potty thing in between the front seats of her conversion van.
They had a cabin at the lake that we went to all summer. I remember us loading on to the boat with Granny (the 91 year old great grandma) bungie corded in her wheelchair behind Mappy's seat (that's an Okie redneck family for you!). She was all secured so that when we said "Gun it!" Map really would and all us kids thought that was so cool.
I could go on and on.
Then I'm up at 4:00 in the morning on Friday. Haven't been asleep since 1:00 a.m. I'm thinking about one thing after another in prep for our trip home. The things I forgot to do, like make a deposit at the bank. Oh, the money that cost over the years!!!
Then I switched to thoughts of Paige's acheivement day at school Thursday. A celebration of her year at school. Oh, how far she has come since the crying and separation anxiety we were facing in the fall. She now is crying because she has to leave her teachers for the summer.
Those of you that know Paige well know that she has a lot of the same characteristics I described about my wonderful great-aunt. Paige will be the first to make you laugh in any situation. She is so much fun and I am so blessed to be her mom.
I am thankful that my kids got the chance to know my aunt. She was a great lady and I am blessed to have spent 35 super years with her.
I taught my classes, ran many errands and focused on figuring out a way to get home for the funeral.
Later, that night I talked to my oldest little brother, Max, and we reflected on her and her husband's life (he passed away last Nov) and the nonsense of the years we had together.
What's funny is, this was our great aunt. My grandma's sister on my dad's side. She was such a stinker!! She was the first one to cut up with you-she usually brought it on actually!! We road thousands of miles across country with her, her husband, other great aunts and my grandma (once my great grandma was along at the age of 91). There were no seat belt laws at the time so my brother and I would sit on this big round port-a-potty thing in between the front seats of her conversion van.
They had a cabin at the lake that we went to all summer. I remember us loading on to the boat with Granny (the 91 year old great grandma) bungie corded in her wheelchair behind Mappy's seat (that's an Okie redneck family for you!). She was all secured so that when we said "Gun it!" Map really would and all us kids thought that was so cool.
I could go on and on.
Then I'm up at 4:00 in the morning on Friday. Haven't been asleep since 1:00 a.m. I'm thinking about one thing after another in prep for our trip home. The things I forgot to do, like make a deposit at the bank. Oh, the money that cost over the years!!!
Then I switched to thoughts of Paige's acheivement day at school Thursday. A celebration of her year at school. Oh, how far she has come since the crying and separation anxiety we were facing in the fall. She now is crying because she has to leave her teachers for the summer.
Those of you that know Paige well know that she has a lot of the same characteristics I described about my wonderful great-aunt. Paige will be the first to make you laugh in any situation. She is so much fun and I am so blessed to be her mom.
I am thankful that my kids got the chance to know my aunt. She was a great lady and I am blessed to have spent 35 super years with her.
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
Ummmm...9-1-1?
I came in from working in the yard tonight and this is what I found:
It kinda freaked me out so I thought- call 911? First, I thought I would see what was up.
I discovered we have four baby birds living under our deck and mama bird had come in to feed them. I laid down on my belly and looked between the crack (of the deck) and there they were. It was a beautiful illustration of the Sunday School lesson I taught a few weeks ago to my 3's. We learned about how God provides food and water for the birds and flowers and we should know that God will take care of us too.
Later, I told Paige about our discovery and low and behold. This is how I found her a few minutes later.
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