Never A Dull Moment

Well, the latest in Dallas news is pretty terrible. NFL player Ryan Moats was on his was to see his mother-in-law who was dying of breast cancer when this happened: I saw it on the local news last night, and then national news after that. People are enraged by this police officer's actions - I am too! Maybe it makes me so angry because this story hits so close to home. I just can't imagine someone being so inhumane that they can't even offer sympathy in this situation, even if a traffic violation was made! To think he was racing to get family members to the hospital to say their last goodbyes. Mr. Police Officer, if this was Colonial times you might be hung. I'd say folks are gonna think you got off pretty easy. -- Post From My iPhone

I got a call today from an excited lady at the Alzheimer's Association of Dallas and am just waiting on my next call from the lady about the facilitaor training. They were so excited to have another volunteer and she was really surprised to hear my mom's age and mine, too. She tried to send me a copy of Frank Broyle's book, the Alzheimers Game Plan - I think that's what it's called. I bragged that I went to the U of A and am friends with his grand-daughter (shout out Taylor!). Things are moving full speed ahead! Thanks for praying! And thanks Mikel (www.mikelblake.com) for already giving an option for a meeting place! -- Post From My iPhone

I was reading tonight and happened to open my bible to one of my favorite books - Jude. There is such a history of this passage for my dad, George, Eleanor, and me. There was a nightly ritual at our house. It consisted of getting ready for bed - which I remember taking at least an hour - and then the tucking in and saying of prayers. How my parents had the heart to pray with us after we drove them crazy getting ready for bed makes them saints in my book! There was a time, around when I was nine, that my dad started reading (don't quote me on this title) Dad the Family Shepherd. This book wasn't written by James Dobson and the book he was reading might have been, but those are just fuzzy details I can't quite remember. Every night he would tuck me in, say my prayers, and then say "the blessing" over me. On nights that George went first it was so special to lay in my bed and anticipate my turn. To me, at age nine, it was a huge deal that my dad said he knew a blessi...

Yes, don't laught, that could soon become my new title! It sounds silly, but this step I've just taken means so much to me! There are NO resources for early onset patients or family members in Little Rock, and the only one I can find in the DFW area is in Denton and is geared toward patients (which is still a step in the right direction). I decided today that I would call and see what it would take for me to be the facilitator of a support group...who would've thought only a training session! So, in the next 24 hours I should hear when the training is! Pray I can find a church or similar facility in the Dallas area that will allow me to use a room in their building once or twice a month. Is anyone reading related to a pastor in Dallas? I feel like I'm starting to find my purpose in the tragedy - my mom's disease. And if I can help someone else in that group find their purpose, then the healing will truly begin. -- Post From My iPhone

Mom talking to me on the phone 10 days ago. I've been thinking I should write about this for a while, it's usually just easier not to. A few weeks ago something in me started feeling different. This has happened to me since my mom became sick. Its just something I have to work through, something I have to go to the Lord with, a kind of wrestling with my spirit. I never understood, until now, what people meant when they said they wanted time to "stand still". It has now been three months since my mom took her down turn, and life seems to keep chugging along. Reid and I bought my parent's Christmas present back in October - tickets to see Bill Gaither and Friends in Ft. Worth. I never would have thought that come April my dad would be making this trip alone and I would be attending the concert with him. My dad was talking to our next door neighbors a few days ago. At the end of the conversation the wife asked how my mom was doing. My dad explained that she was doin...

We are going on a cruise (my first) the end of May to celebrate Aunt Christina's 50th birthday (it's Reid's mom's sister)! It is a quick, 3 day, Baja Mexico cruise on Carnival's Elation that leaves San Diego on a Thursday evening, makes a stop in Ensenada for a day, spends one day at sea, and then goes back to port on Sunday. Aunt Christina, we are so excited we get the opportunity to celebrate with you and spend time together as a family! -- Post From My iPhone

Those of you who know me, know I LOVE to sleep in! That's why I thought I should share the fortune that was in my fortune cookie tonight. "Tomorrow will be a productive day. Don't oversleep." I never thought I would be convicted by a fortune cookie! -- Post From My iPhone