December 18, 2012

It's difficult to get on here and write about life as usual.  Because there is not a whole lot about it that seems usual to me right now.  On Friday twenty elementary children were shot and killed along with six adults.  These children were the age of my Bubba.  Sweet, innocent souls taken from their mommies and daddies far too soon at the hands of a troubled young man.  Malls, theaters, schools-it seems as if nowhere is truly a safe place any more.

Thankfully, my Emmanuel, is my saving place.  He is with us.  All the time, through the tragic and mundane, God is with us.  This was the message we received at the Living Nativity we walk through every year.  We walked and witnessed the recounting of Jesus' birth story.  We experienced the wonder and the awe of the greatest gift to mankind.  God with us. No matter what kind of a year we've had, the troubles, the triumphs, the peace, the pain--there is peace in knowing our Lord, Jesus Christ.

And maybe it's because I taught the Diary of Anne Frank for six years at the high school level, but I keep thinking of Anne's quote. . .“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”


And I do too.  Wasn't it just shown directly to my family HERE?  How can I not?  People all over the world are reeling and mourning and doing for the people in Connecticut.  Love does.  It is an action.  It is an action that is required so that people believe in the goodness of others again.  My prayer is that my own family and circle of friends continue to find ways to serve, to love, to do.  Maybe we are idealistic. . .but maybe we will be life changers because we hang on to the right ones.  I can live with that!


In between awards assemblies, school, living nativity walking, dinners with friends, and doctors appointments Lene performed in her third high school performance.  The Nutcracker.  They started practicing the weekend of Ernie's accident and with the help of family and friends--we were able to get her to all her rehearsals and the week long performance.  Rehearsal for Little Mermaid starts Friday. . .never a dull moment: )

We would like to say a huge thank you to all the friends and families who came out to see her.  This year many of the above students are going to New York to experience Broadway first hand. These shows will help pay the way for many of them.  So all support is especially appreciated!!  We were also able to attend Lene's Beginner Band concert last night.  They played a whopping five notes!!  It was so sweet to listen to them and all their blunders.  Band is not something I see in my daughter's near future--this concert is the first time I've heard her pick up her instrument.  She does not practice at home, and I'm okay with that.  It's not a battle I will fight--I'm glad she tried it and I will be fine when she is done with it.


And that my friends is our week in review.  I'm thinking to capitalize on the silence and to truly enjoy the last days of Ernie and I being home together, I probably won't post again until after the holiday.  Then I can send ourt book off to be made--I can not wait for that!  This blog--our little family history is such a gift to live with the ones He chose for me.  Be blessed!!!