Musings on Life and Other Stuff

I was looking at my mom's blog and thinking it has been a very long time since she posted a blog, then I realized, it's been just as long since I have posted.

What a strange month May has been. A death in the family we NEVER expected. I was so sad Samuel passed away, I could barely sleep the night of his funeral. I can only imagine what Christopher and Christy are going through. Our prayers are with them.

It seems that the only thing you can really count on in life is that you never know what's gonna happen. I think that if we did know what was gonna happen, sometimes we would be too scared to go forward with life. Not that all of life is scary or sad, but some of it certainly is. The best thing, though, is to know that everything is in God's hands and it's all gonna turn out ok, even if we can't see right now how that could possibly be.

I have a favorite poem, don't know the author:

And God Said No

I asked God to take away my pride,
And God said, "No."
He said it was not for him to take away,
But for me to give up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
And God said, "No."
He said, "Her spirit is whole,
Her body is only temporary."
I asked God to grant me patience,
And God said, "No."
He said that patience is a by-product of tribulation,
It isn't granted, it's earned.
I asked God to give me happiness,
And God said, "No."
He said He gives me blessings,
Happiness is up to me.
I asked God to spare me pain,
And God said, "No."
He said suffereing draws you apart from worldly cares
And brings you closer to Me.
I asked God to make my spirit grow,
And God said, "No."
He said I must grow on my own,
But he will prune me to make me fruitful.
I asked God if He loved me,
And God said, "Yes."
He gave me His only Son, who died for me,
And I will be in heaven someday, because I believe.
I asked God to help me love others,
As much as He loves me.
And God said,
"Ah, finally you have the idea."

On a happier note, I got a mirror for our Crown Victoria at the Pick-N-Pull half price sale. It matches my car perfectly. The Pick-N-Pull guy was shocked that we found the right color. "That never happens," he said. I swear it was the only Crown Victoria in the whole lot that wasn't 1980's or older. There sure were a lot of Tauruses, though. Thanks to David, now our car has a lovely side view mirror and no dangly bare wires!

Also, Cameron had a very fun 15th Birthday Party on Saturday. Four of his friends came over Saturday afternoon and went to the fitness center with us. They played racquetball, fooseball, climbed the rock wall and swam. Afterwards, we came back home and ate pizza, cake and ice cream. I figured 1/2 pizza per person - I mean these are 15-year-old boys. Two of them were so full, they couldn't eat any cake or ice cream. Go figure.

Cameron has some funny friends. They had us laughing so hard, our faces hurt. I was glad when they went downstairs for awhile and gave us a rest. It was like having a comedy club in our kitchen.