Finding Strength

Sometimes my work is so hard I want to quit
I'm at my breaking point, not kidding, this is legit
I'm not Type A like my colleagues, I'm not as tough
Lately I wonder if I am even good enough
I say "Lord bless me that I might bless them"
Then with fresh eyes I see a child . . . and love again

"I think Lylak is a Christian."

- Mom

With the Christian radio and frequent Bible reading around here, Mom thinks Lylak is under Christian influence, lol! It's true - our home is a holy place. Mom's world extends to her women's ministries and her women friends. Sometimes her innocence is surprising . . . like the other day when Ira was over.

Ira: "Everyone needs to deal with their own BS."

Mom: "What's that?"

Dad, who was sitting at the computer, looked over and smiled. She's so cute.

"The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning."

- Ecclesiastes 7:4


Last night our teen girls tried to start a riot. We almost lost control of the house. We called for assistance, and our coworkers from the neighboring houses came to help. As we were all crowded in there, I looked at my coworkers and thought, "Wow. They are so cool."

When times are easy, they are funny and we laugh a lot. But when times are hard, they are rock solid, and I feel so close to them.

And that's a secular environment. Imagine how deep this goes with GOD.

Melissa and Lylak, having an alfresco lunch

My mom wore a beautiful scarf today.

During the church service I whispered to my dad, "Isn't she pretty?" He glanced at her, but didn't even look at her clothes. "You only looked at her eyes!"

"They say it all," he said.

"Continue being happy."

- my coworker Mike's new year's resolution