For those of you who do not join us on Sun Morning at DF, I wanted to share one of the most profound things I have heard in a while.... something that has haunted me in the rare times I let myself be silent.

"Jesus didn't die so that we wouldn't have to die. Jesus didn't suffer so that we wouldn't have to suffer. Jesus died to teach us how to die. Jesus suffered to teach us how to suffer."

Teach me how to die.

Teach me how to suffer.

Thanks Greg for helping me ask the right questions.

Country Girl

You may think that I'm an Uptown girl, living in my uptown world, but just to prove that you are ohhh so very wrong, here I am DRIVING A TRACTOR. E-mail me for video. :) (or e-mail me and tell me how to post it, and I'll post it). All Photo rights are held by Mr. Adam Newby. And I am going to write it here so you all know, it's official- he's my boyfriend.

Who knew

Who knew I had so many fans? I am sure that I am losing them by the second, too, because I have what another blogger compassionately called "a dead blog". Sorry. The guy I was stealing wireless from stopped paying his bill. Stupid jerk. So I don't have internet at home now. I was in and out of town this weekend, and then monday I was off, so I didn't check my e-mail for 5 days. AMAZING. So anyway. I'm not sure how to remedy this situation, but I just wanted you all out there in blooger-land to know that just because my blog may be dead...

I am not.

More to come. Later. When I can find someone else to steal from.

Welcome to the world

This is what my brother-in-law wrote this evening:


Cecilia was born at 6:45 p.m. MT. Cecilia is exactly 8 lbs, and
20" long. Happy Birthday Cecilia! Praise the Lord!

Grant

Welcome to the world Cecilia Grace. May you live a life that fulfills your precious little name, full of grace, and may the Lord be gracious to you.

Your Mom's blog

My mom has a blog now. I made it for her on Christmas Eve. She hasn't really blogged about anything, but my plot is to get her to start writing- she really is a good writer- by asking random people, like you who are reading right now (yes, you...I'm talking to you) to go to her site and comment and tell her to start writing.

In the meantime, a baby is going to come out of my sister tomorrow. I still think the whole thing is really a little freaky- slightly reminiscent of aliens. The whole idea that life grows inside of other life, completely dependent, like a parasite, just weirds me out a little. But I get a beautiful niece from it all, and I don't have to be there for the blood and mucus and gross stuff, so I think I totally get the better end of the deal. Say a little prayer for health. I think that Becca's a little freaked out right now.

Holy protector, wrap the mother and child in your loving arms and keep them both near. Whisper peace over the worried mother and father. Now and forever. May it be so.