I was just reading another blog of someone I don’t know, but feel like I do- who has a very ill child. Although I cannot say I do or ever will know what it is like, I can say that I have empathy of the struggle in a miniscule way. As Christian has been just shy of two weeks symptom free and two days of no anti-biotics I feel a surge of hope that maybe we won’t have to live with his illness forever. Which snaps me into reality, we won’t have to live without him, either. How can I be grateful in what I have been entrusted, by being generous to give it all away? I want to be thankful for what I have and hold it tightly to me. I don’t want to give it away, but I do want others to have what I have. Is this making sense? What is the thing we give? Is it a thing, or is it just the willingness? How do you walk on? When you know you will lose something so dear, I guess it all comes together that it really is all His.

I was reading an article today about child care and church. What do you think? Should children be a part of the “service”? At what age and for what amount of time? The whole service? Music only? I’m starting to really think about this and examine my feelings. Please share yours.

is he an “Uncle Tom” as Will Smith said? Do we care?

We decided after much hemming and hawing to go to Santa Clarita to my nephew’s house for the 4th. They have a fireworks show at the mall which is very close to them. So we walked over and parked it on the grass. When they started I was very pleasantly surprised. The fireworks were right over us and close. Very nice. Only drawback was they were also quite loud. My great-nephew (Nate’s son, Levi) was not too thrilled with the loud bangs. (And I don’t mean my kids.)Hope your 4th was…well, fun.

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Here is a quote from Bob about Bush:

(GELDOF: Bush ‘has actually done more than any American President for Africa’)

Another person I heard say that this fact could outweigh the tragedy created by “his” war in Iraq. That makes me uncomfortable. Can they really be compared? Can one really cancel out the other? What do you guys think?

Every excuse in the book. Thanks.