Recycle on Freecycle

Freecycle rocks! Freecycle is a website that you can post stuff on to give away or you can also post wanted things on there. It is all handled by email and a phone call to the person offering the item. Freecycle is making life easier... For instance, this morning I posted 3 items to give away and within 10 minutes I got an email from somebody who is going to pick it all up by 10:00 today! You may be wondering how is this making your life easier? Well, it just gets it outta here and Bobby will be so happy! Not to mention that now I dont have to mow around the unused picnic table or fool with a section of unused picket fence or an old french door. So, I did a little bit of posting on the internet and somebody will come move all this stuff and the best part is it is all free! Check it out sometime! www.freecycle.org Do you freecycle?

Spread Your Wings Baby Bird

As you may already know, Taylor has been at camp this week. She went with Heartland Community Church to X-FUGE in Ridgecrest, NC. Of course, she was so excited about going to camp. I was excited too. Going to camp was always a blast when I was a teenager. So this week has been different around the house. It hasn't slowed down any at all for Bobby and me. Our schedules have been jammed packed between work, going to the Ray's game, family group and church stuff. But some ways have been quieter- there hasn't been any jokes being played, no wrestlemania in the family room, no arguments about cleaning the bedroom, no giggles, even our dogs seem a little less excited about life this week. (of course all they really do is just sleep all day and soak up the airconditioning- worthless mutts!) Taylor has called a couple of times. While talking to her, it dawned on me that she is so mature! She has been taking responsibility for herself this week. It was so cool to realize that her growing up is kinda like a momma bird pushing the baby bird out of the nest to learn to fly. In a sense, that is what we do with our children. We teach them how to do life and then at some point it is time to fly. Dont get me wrong this little birdy isnt quite ready to fly on her own yet, but I know that she is on the right path. It is really exciting to see her grow. She is growing in so many ways- physically, mentally, spiritually... What a gift that God gave to us when He allowed us to be her parents. A poem comes to my mind, I cant remember who wrote it, but the words permiate my mind. "Who gets more pleasure from this rocking, me or this baby of mine?" I read that when Taylor was in the NICU after she was born. I made my mind up that precious little girl was always going to know what a pleasure she is to me and that I could only hope that she would always have pleasure from me and would be able to pass it on to her children and grandchildren someday. I cant wait to see my baby bird come home to the nest on Saturday night.

Life, the Sea and God

Have you ever considered that life is like the sea? I love the ocean. We can learn a lot about life from the ocean. It can be beautiful. We can see things crystal clear like the waters in the Carribean. We may experience vast storms like those of the North Atlantic- fearce and cold. We have precious treasures in our lives- family- like would be found along the shore of the beach. There are even mountains in our lives like the ones on the coast of California. Our lives can be as beautiful as the coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. Our lives are complex like the ocean. There are so many life forms under the water. There are so many explorations to take. There are so many wild and wonderful events to happen. We even sometimes come across bottom feeders. Then we quickly swim away! We even see miracles that were performed in the water. Christ walked on it! He even calmed the sea just by speaking. God did a miracle when the sea was parted for people to walk across. Imagine with me for only a minute, that if the Lord did all of that, what can He do in your life? The sea is huge, but HE is bigger! HE is more beautiful! So, no matter how much I love the ocean, I just have to tell you that my love for HIM is so much more magnified! I have seen him calm storms in my life and work miracles that I never thought possible. We need to trust in HIM. He can turn our lives into something more beautiful than we would ever imagine!