"Not Much Time to Blog" "Kids are so Cute"

Whew! The days are going by too fast and so is time. It seems as though no sooner than I get home, do a few things, then it's time to go to bed. I have been trying to scrapbook my cruise. I love to scrapbook but it is time consuming.

The little "Cradle Roll" room at our church where I teach the little kids up to age seven, needs a little pick me up; therefore, I have been trying to create little things to put on the walls. I have been teaching the little kids during Sabbath School for years and I still enjoy it. They are so cute, even though they may become a challenge from time to time.

I have a cute little girl who joined my class a few months ago. She is either two or three (going on 21 as they say). I would say about the third time she was in my class I gave her a sad face for not doing as she was told. Later on that day when we went back to church for evening programming, I saw her with her mother and she looked at me with those big eyes and a frown and said "you gave me a "mad" face." I fell out laughing because I have never heard it called a "mad face" before. She told me that about three or four times that evening. Her mother and I got a big kick out of that one and mom explained to her why she got a "mad face." I still smile when I think about it.

"PRAISING OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST"

Wow! What a day! Blessings all the way! Actually it started this past Friday night while watching the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), where there were several different cruifiction stories. I didn't know that there have been so many different movies made on that magnificant story. Later that night I fell asleep on the couch and slept there way into the middle of the night, yet I could hear the programming and music but didn't quite know what was being said or done, but you know, when I woke up and turned off the T.V. and went back to bed, I felt a certain peaceful atmosphere as though I could feel myself being blessed throughout the night, and you know, I really was. All the next day, I felt the same way and I believe that was even better than watching any other movie. It's kind of hard to discribe. I feel as though I have learned a lot over this weekend because I went to church with my number two son and his wife. It was held in "Veterans Memorial Auditorium" here. There were approximately ten thousand people who attended. The program was awesome. They were lifting up Christ, praising Him, worshiping Him, singing for Him and even had three large wooden crosses at the front of the stage with a replica of the crown of thorns on it. I have seen and heard the story over and over again this weekend and I could see it again and again. As we entered the auditorium, we were given a packet and inside the packet was a glow light shaped like a pen and each person had a different color of about five colors. At the end of the ceremony, we were told to hold up our lights and wave them. As we looked down and all around us we could see all the beautiful glow lights waving in the honour of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. There's nothing like being reminded of what a awesome God we have and his sacrifice for us. It was such a tremendous sacrifice, I cannot even think of a word that would describe it as it should be. Here's hoping you were blessed on this day of rememberance of the reserection of our LORD.

"The Kid in Me"

has been inside me all her life,
hiding behind the tender brown skin God gave me.
Sometimes she comes out to get a breath of fresh air,
making me smile, laugh and act downright giddy.
I was born one autumn day many years ago
when the leaves were all different and beautiful colors.
At that time the kid in me slept all day and night
It just wasn’t quite the time for her to blossom
But about a year later, she came to light.
Walking, playing with dolls was her delight;
Smiling and singing; and playing hop scotch
Bouncing a ball and picking up jacks;
Jumping rope, joking, playing hide and seek
Reading books, drawing and watching T.V.
Rocking on the couch and sucking her thumb
Watching my favorite cartoons was a lot of fun
Where has she gone, is she far away?
No – The kid in me is with me each and everyday.

Yes, I believe that there is a kid inside of everyone no matter how old you are.

I still like walking, playing with dolls with my granddaughters, joking, playing hide and seek with my grandson. I still like to sing, and draw. My favorite cartoon today is Walt Disney’s “The Jungle Book,”however,back in the day it was Cinderella. Rocking on couch is something I do when I am nervous.

How about you?

"Beautiful Day"

It was simply a geogous day in our town today. It was almost perfect; however, nothing is perfect but the LORD. I went out to my favorite place to walk (Gray's Lake)and there were a lot of people out walking, running, skating, bike riding, and walking their pets. It seemed as though we were all anxious to get back into the swing of things. The wind was blowing just enough to keep us from getting too hot in the sun. So far this week I participated in water aerobics on Monday and walked at Gray's Lake yesterday and today. Gray's Lake is 2.6 miles around once and that is all I walked both days and am trying to get back into shape so as to go around twice like I was doing last year. Yesterday while walking, we had some of our clients with us. About three of them started to run and they were way ahead of us but were not far behind their caseworker who was also walking. By the time we got up close to them, I noticed one of our girls on bend and knees trying to catch her breath. The teacher I was walking with went to her and tried to get her calmed down but she was unable to and couldn't talk. Many people walked up to us and asked to help. When we tried to get her to the van we were riding in, she kept falling down and continued to try to breath, almost as though she was hyperventilating. Several of us tried carrying her, and finally we called 911. The ambulance came and picked her and the caseworker up and took them to the hospital. Later the client returned to school and was alright. Later I found out the she was alright but was sort of faking to get attention, although she still almost hyperventilated.

Also I like Daylight Saving's Time, but first I need to get used to it and then I hate when it's time to go back to regular time in October.