Ponder This . . .

 

Happy Birthday, Micah!

 

Micah turned twenty-one today!  She made herself the above cake to celebrate.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICAH!

Thankful Thursday!

On a glorious day like today, with warm weather and sunny skies in November, what is there not to be thankful for?  

Let me add three more possibilities:

• I'm fairly positive there are only three female staff in our building with hair as short as mine - me, the school secretary and one of our fifth grade teachers.  Today, I was holding an outside door open in the fifth grade wing during our fire drill.  The kinders go down the steps from their classrooms and out the fifth grade doors.  One of the kinders walked by and said to me, "Hi, Mrs. (the fifth grade teacher)!"  I responded with a hearty "Hi!" right back!  I'm not sure in this case if I'm more thankful for short hair, kinders or looking like a teacher😜
• Understanding fifth grade math!  Let's just say it came in handy today - more than once!
• Another good swim!  Twice this week I've been able to get in longer swims which means my body is coming back from my car accident almost two months ago.
  

Finished.

As of 4:40 p.m. this afternoon, I am finished with PT for the car accident crushed bionic knees.  I get to continue exercising at home, but I don't get to go in and see Laura any more.  Sadly, I'm at a point with Twin Cities Ortho where ever receptionist knows my name!

That's My Boy!

I was making a sweet chili for supper the other night.  Compliments of my PMR, chopping the apples was just not pleasant.  The first child in the kitchen was drafted to chop.  Trust me, it was only two apples and with a Pampered Chef chopper, but it must have been a mountain to Matt as the whine began:

"How many apples do I have to chop?"

"How many more are left?"

Finally, he reached over and ate the last two apples slices!  Gotta love it!  No more chopping.

 

Our Faithful God

One of my new co-workers had heart surgery this morning.  Not knowing where she stands with Jesus, I simply told her I would be praying for her, specifically that her surgery would only last three hours.  

If the right side of her heart needed to be repaired, it would be three hours.  If her left side needed to be repaired, it would be six hours as it would be a more difficult surgery.  They would not know until surgery began.

God was faithful.  It was a three hour surgery on her LEFT side.  I can't wait to hear the rest of the story!

     

Reality Check

One of our fifth grade boys had a birthday this week.  We asked him if he was going to do anything special for his birthday.  He replied, I kid you not, "We got a box of Apple Jacks for breakfast and I got the first bowl."  

How do you respond to that without tearing up?