I wouldn't worry about the crying thing. It amazes me sometimes that there aren't more people crying in public, more often. – Someone on Glitter.
The slump has passed. January/Feburary has been a rough month – busy, with thousands of things I had to do, and no time or desire to do them, but that’s past now, my mood fled leaving space to recognize the sunshine that was there the whole time.
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I had my first elementary skate group yesterday. The pastoral person was a no show so I just winged a lesson. We talked about parties in heaven when people know Jesus. We used the parable of the ten coins. “Do you mean it’s like a super bowl party?” One of the kids asked me. “Jesus has a super bowl party every time someone accepts him?”
“Yes…” I said, trying to come to terms with a heaven that has a super bowl “Like that. Like a great big, wonderful super bowl party.”
He nodded solemnly.
That ministry is the hardest and most rewarding thing. There has been stress and tribulation. There has been overwhelming joy and rewards that I cannot hold in my hands but store in my mind.
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My life is good right now. My friends B & T gave me their old loveseat. It fits perfectly and even though there is extra furniture, my living room actually looks bigger. Strange. I also thrifted two really amazing things:
A beautiful art deco dresser (needs new pulls)
The slump has passed. January/Feburary has been a rough month – busy, with thousands of things I had to do, and no time or desire to do them, but that’s past now, my mood fled leaving space to recognize the sunshine that was there the whole time.
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I had my first elementary skate group yesterday. The pastoral person was a no show so I just winged a lesson. We talked about parties in heaven when people know Jesus. We used the parable of the ten coins. “Do you mean it’s like a super bowl party?” One of the kids asked me. “Jesus has a super bowl party every time someone accepts him?”
“Yes…” I said, trying to come to terms with a heaven that has a super bowl “Like that. Like a great big, wonderful super bowl party.”
He nodded solemnly.
That ministry is the hardest and most rewarding thing. There has been stress and tribulation. There has been overwhelming joy and rewards that I cannot hold in my hands but store in my mind.
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My life is good right now. My friends B & T gave me their old loveseat. It fits perfectly and even though there is extra furniture, my living room actually looks bigger. Strange. I also thrifted two really amazing things:
A beautiful art deco dresser (needs new pulls)
and a new dress form.
I named my dress form “miss suzie” because it seemed to fit. I thought a lot about the name miss suzie and the poem it’s from. Miss suzie has this baby she names tiny tim. Then she sticks this kid with an incredible apetite into a bathub and what does he do? Eat everything and get himself sick. At least she has the good sense to call the doctor.
My duct tape dress form is named cosette because she wears my civil war corset to get the correct measurements. She also wrecks all my pins by getting them tape sticky but I can’t resist putting them into her to hold my skirts there when I’m pleating them.
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I am behind on my letters. My favorite letter writer is S, who I owe a letter and a half since he sent me this wonderful package that had pictures he painted and this amazing wallet and shirts and stuff and a letter before I’ve even sent a thank you note. It was wonderful to get presents for absolutely no holiday. I also get these letters from him, those themselves are presents for absolutely no holiday. They are wrapped up in their envelopes, folded funny. I open the envelopes, unfold them and read. Sometimes I laugh and think and I always talk back to them, in my head as I’m reading. I read them a couple of times and a day or two later I am ready to write back, because the words seem real enough for a reply.
I just got one from S today with a drawing of alien worms with skulls and earmuffs. It’s beautiful.
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I feel better.
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I named my dress form “miss suzie” because it seemed to fit. I thought a lot about the name miss suzie and the poem it’s from. Miss suzie has this baby she names tiny tim. Then she sticks this kid with an incredible apetite into a bathub and what does he do? Eat everything and get himself sick. At least she has the good sense to call the doctor.
My duct tape dress form is named cosette because she wears my civil war corset to get the correct measurements. She also wrecks all my pins by getting them tape sticky but I can’t resist putting them into her to hold my skirts there when I’m pleating them.
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I am behind on my letters. My favorite letter writer is S, who I owe a letter and a half since he sent me this wonderful package that had pictures he painted and this amazing wallet and shirts and stuff and a letter before I’ve even sent a thank you note. It was wonderful to get presents for absolutely no holiday. I also get these letters from him, those themselves are presents for absolutely no holiday. They are wrapped up in their envelopes, folded funny. I open the envelopes, unfold them and read. Sometimes I laugh and think and I always talk back to them, in my head as I’m reading. I read them a couple of times and a day or two later I am ready to write back, because the words seem real enough for a reply.
I just got one from S today with a drawing of alien worms with skulls and earmuffs. It’s beautiful.
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I feel better.
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