fall moons

There is just something about walking outside on the first cold night of the year and looking up into a clear, crisp sky. The stars look brighter, the moon looks brighter, and the air smells cleaner. How awesome that fall has arrived and it looks like we are actually going to have a cool fall this year in NC. Well, needless to say being in the house all day, and walking around outside at night time with Lela brought out the inner hippy and I wrote a poem...yes...I wrote a poem. Go ahead and laugh, but here it is. Of course, the grammar may need a little help (it has, after all, been four years since poetry class).


There are people dancing on the moon
Hand in hand through the misty white light,
The night surrounds their mirth and merriment
As they go round singing to their gods and angels.

boredom can lead to productivity

moms surgery

well, on her long road battling breast cancer my mom came to the obstacle of having a double mastectomy and she conquered it! Today is her first day of recovery and she is doing great. She is tired and sore but she has been up walking around and wants to do everything for herself, but of course we cannot let her do that!
God always seems to bring good things out of the bad ones and this time he brought my aunt and my grandma. I was able to see my grandma a few weeks ago at her fiftieth wedding anniversary but have not spent any quality time with her in years. It has been great to be in the same house with her and to spend time with a woman who I admire and who is so sweet and strong at the same time. God really shows us in the older generation that we can either let our struggles turn us bitter or we can let them mold us into stronger Christians and we can show sympathy to others facing struggles. I know that my grandmother and my mother have both let their struggles turn them into better Christians. They have let their struggles teach them how to rely on God and his love and also how to sympathize with others going through hard times. I hope that God will teach me how to take these hard times and turn to Him for my guidance and strength. I hope that I can be an inspiration and a help to others who face hard times and that I can have more sympathy for others around me who are struggling.