I'm finding myself at a loss for words
And the funny thing is it's okay
The last thing I need is to be heard
But to hear what You would say

I'm finding myself in the midst of You
Beyond the music, beyond the noise
All that I need is to be with You
And in the quiet hear Your voice

Word of God speak
Would You pour down like rain
Washing my eyes to see
Your majesty
To be still and know
That You're in this place
Please let me stay and rest
In Your holiness
Word of God speak

what really happened to the little red hen

by em grimm

the dog ate the little red hen.
then he ate the bread.
the cat and the goose died because they starved.
the dog ate a lot of food and he was happy.
the end.


one of last weeks homework assignments for school was to write an alternate ending to a story.
em picked the little red hen.

curly sue and awana too

last saturday em
she wanted to
curl her hair












before i
combed
them out













after













last wednesday
night was awana
awards night













here's our
sparky.
her crown
filled with
jewels.

thoughts

the greatest hindrance to our spiritual development
-indeed the whole hindrance-
is that we allow our passions and desires to control us,
and we do not strive to walk in the way of the saints.
when we meet the least adversity,
we are too quickly dejected and
we turn to other people for comfort,
instead of to God
.
thomas a kempis

mesmerized

by star wars

had to drag mad through the tv section at wally-world to get the the bathroom. em wasn't much better. i bet if i would have let them they would have stayed watching one of the originals all afternoon.

supreme court vote

they got something right!

fun phrases

mad:
"that's what i's talkin' [about]!"
"is it a bad supper?"

em:
"are you out of your mind?"

sleet and a giant peach

mad on
clifford's wall















in a sub


















em's
glass
masterpiece















super
spy











mad as
a spy












em and
her spy
card










em and
miss
ladybug












em and the
giant peach


















mad
refuses to
admit she
had fun







yesterday we ventured into the rain, sleet and snow to the children's museum. em dug for dino bones while mad (who refuses to go by the dinos b/c of the realistic storm that blows through) went to see clifford, the big red dog. she sat on a stone wall making angry faces at clifford. mad nearly smiled at the huge doll house in playscape until another child walked to close to her and it. they both enoyed becoming super spies and the theatrical production of james and the giant peach by roald dahl. ok mad denies enjoying any of it, but we caught her smiling a couple of times.

upward focus

"with the gift of a whole, entire precious and priceless day before you, ask:
Lord, how do you want me to live today? what is it that you want me to do with this one day that you have given me? what is the work that you want me to accomplish today?"
e george

the happy and not so happy

the happy
















the not so happy

a return - 29 F

yes, that's right. it's 29 degrees here this morning.
it's also snowing. light, tiny flakes that won't add up to anything but it's still snow. this weather is putting a damper on spring-break.
"this is very strange. it's spring." - em

tolkien wisdom

faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.


all we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

jrrtolkien
fellowship of the ring

in need of disability insurance

the second of the two
acrea moths emerged
from the cocoon a couple
of days ago. however, his
wings did not develop
correctly.















i think it just
has its underwings
and they are crumpled













mad holding the
injured moth

















here's em holding
the first moth























our two etymologists

character

"surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is..."

--mere christianity

cslewis