Another Monday rolls around. Are you rolling with me? Would a Krispy Kreme help?
1. Evie had a bit of a belly bug all last week. She kept her vomiting sessions to once a day, and mainly projected onto me. She also had some runs that ran straight through her clothes each day. Poor thing had perfectly fine attitude and behavior, however, and kept her smile bright.
2. Hubs knows a lot of random stuff. He's an intelligent guy. This weekend however, those perceptions were challenged when my sister, brother and I had to explain to him who Hellen Keller was and what she accomplished. I'm going to pretend it's a cultural barrier we're fighting here.
3. Did you know she just died in 1968? I was thinking she was "a bit further back" in history than that. I guess we all learned a little something.
4. One of the gals from our group of dinner date/family time group text me (several times) to invite us to their church this Sunday. She would send a text nearly every week, asking if we still planned on attending. I appreciated her invite and accepted. She mentioned she was part of a presentation and wanted us there if we could make it. I didn't plan on witnessing what I did, but I'm grateful she thought of us.
5. Not only was she part of the presentation, she was the organizer. It was a "Cardboard Testimony", something I've found out is common in churches, but of which I was not familiar. For those of you unaware, individuals stand before the congregation and hold up a cardboard sign. It states their personal struggle or fight. They flip the cardboard over and the other side states how God personally touched their life and their situation.
6. It was unbelievably moving. It was humbling. It was terrific.
7. We have TO's basketball practice tonight. Can't wait to teach children who WANT to be taught. There's nothing better than educating those who enjoy learning.
8. My babies are beautiful. Just sayin'. A lady in Kohl's check out line reminded me of this little fact Saturday.
9. I fear work this week and next. Michelle is gone. With one supervisor out, our boss is always a little more on edge than normal. And normal isn't normal for most regular folk.
10. I ask one thing of all of you for the week - thank your local grocery store clerks when you do your shopping. I worked checkout during the holiday season and I'll be damned if the people weren't the rudest during the "season" of merry and cheer and thankfulness. Just be nice, darn it.
4 comments:
#2 reminded me of the time I had to educate my hubby on who Anne Frank was. I blame it on Homeschool. Thankfully Santa was kind enough to put The Diary of Anne Frank in his stocking that year. He read it, even though he thought it was a "girl book."
I always try to be super nice to customer service people. I just know they've dealing with less than kind people all day. It's funny, because you can hear the surprise in their voice.
Good point with #10.
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Hellen Keller was almost 90 when she died... so she was "way back..." :)
Q: What is Helen Keller's favorite color? A1: Corduroy.... Of course if she was more modern it would be Velco...
Aw, that sucks that people can be so mean around the holiday season. I am totally going to keep this in mind when I'm checking out at stores.
#10 is great advice. I will remember to do that. It's a shame though, that people err on the Scrooge side this time of year. This is why I avoid shopping centers/malls during the holiday shopping season.
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