The last while I have been reflecting on the whole subject of compassion. Compassion – showing sympathy for someone often with a desire to help. That is how my dictionary puts it. In an earlier post, I commented that I had inherited a propensity for this from my ancestral heritage. But this character trait is [...]
Entries from July 2005
July 30, 2005
Second day of vacation?
I should not be here. I am posting this from my office computer after finishing an emergency. The poor girl broke off about one third of her front tooth . And of course she is in a wedding party today. Used to hang around my house with my oldest daughter. When she called this morning [...]
July 29, 2005
Morning – Not yet!
Why does it seem to work this way? I am enjoying my first morning of vacation. I am wide awake at 4:30am !! Praying for friends – but my mind wanders. And sleep does not come again. Finally decided that I might as well get up.
July 27, 2005
Episodes from today's action packed events.
The day started with Gatecrashers. We have lots of empty spaces in our circle these days. Too many holidaying pray-ers. And still it is soooo good to go in the early morning and meet God, talk to him and listen to him too. Praying together for mutual friends and members of our congregation is a good way [...]
July 25, 2005
35 down and hopefully more to go
This was our big day – thirty five years ago. I’ve had enough weddings this summer to appreciate the fact that we did things more simply back in those days. I guess we could have had a princess style wedding but we didn’t. Couldn’t afford one of those. And back then if we asked a [...]
July 24, 2005
All in all – a good day
It was a great day. I was pretty nervous about the worship music since it was just Matt (guitar) and myself (alto recorder). Better than Randall singing acupello(sp?) at least. There is a lot more to leading worship than just being accomplished musicians but I did not want to make so many mistakes that I would [...]
July 23, 2005
Bumpity
Looking after a two year old is not a good time to get inspiration for poetry. The simple kind comes quickly to the mind. But somehow, On the path by grandma’s houseHere we go bumpy, bump, bump, bump,Driving along on Kieran’s bikeBumpity, bump bump bump. while it entertained Kieran just fine, does not meet the [...]
July 21, 2005
More scary stuff
Last night I got a call from my daughter in law. They live on the worst block of a very bad street. It didn’t used to be so bad but each year it has gotten worse. It seems that PA has just gotten worse at about the same rate as this block. A lot of [...]
July 19, 2005
Gifts
Yesterday I came home from work after stopping on the way to get groceries. When I am not around to shop on Saturday, things kind of get depleted in the cupboards. Leo was just walking in too – with something poorly hidden under his arm. On the 25th Leo and I will be having our [...]
July 17, 2005
Sweet Pea?
We attended my nephew’s wedding yesterday – my husband’s godson. This made Leo an integral part of the wedding party. There were some other interesting Filipino cultural stuff that went on. One of the most interesting was the giving of gold coins to the bride by the groom. Maybe that was because the little case with the gold [...]
