It's a big day

Today is my wedding anniversary. My wife and I are celebrating number nine. Today is also Abi's first day of pre school.

Today pre-school - Tomorrow college

I remember just the other day I was saying it will be a while before Abi goes to school.

EEK!

The good thing is she just starts out four days a week and two hours a day.

It's a very big day for the family.

There goes my gold medal chances

I've always dreamed of standing on a platform with a gold medal around my neck and the national anthem is playing while tears going down my check. It gives me goose bumps just thinking about it.
Did I ever do anything to pursue this dream? NO!

Now at the age of 36 I've realized my dream is not going to happen.

OK, I realized it about the age of 21.

OK, 16!

Then it happened, my dream had a chance, I was watching the Olympics and saw the event Curling. Have you seen this event? Ice rink janitors everywhere dream of making their countries Curling team. They don't look like great athletes. I can do this!

Then I have a flashback from the morning when walking to my car where I slipped and fell on the ice.

My dreams ended on a cold Oklahoma morning in my driveway but I will never forget that day. Well not for a while it hurt.

Who was the marketing genius that came up with that?

The other day I was behind a Lance snack food truck when I saw it. The marketing slogan that will put Lance snacks on the map or maybe not so much.

I got Lance in my pants.

I was stunned. Can you? I mean does it really say that?

If you go to their website you can play games or buy this wonderful shirt.

Good Luck Lance with your marketing strategy but please stay away from my pants.

Did you see any pink balloons in the air?

Emma Bonny Stephens was taken from this world three weeks before her delivery date.

I went to a graveside services for little Bon-Bon on February 14th 2006.

I can't imagine what pain this family is going through. I pray to God that he will ease their pain.

Just as Corey and Bonny had prepared a room for their little girl, God has prepared a room for her up in heaven.

It will be a rough time for the family through the years they will see little girls and think that maybe Emma might look like her. As years past they will think about how Emma would be starting school this year and Emma would driving this year.


The things I don't understand:

Why there are people like the Stephens who want to have a baby and this happens to them and you have people who have abortions.

The things that I'm not supposed to understand:

There are things in this world that I'm not supposed to understand but I know that it's God's will that it happens even if it's not what he wants to happen.(ex. Job)

At the services:

They handed out pink balloons to everyone and when they played the song Somewhere over the rainbow everyone released their balloons. Some people let go of their balloons earlier in the services not on purpose but I was thinking I don't understand why these people can't hang on to a simple balloon and that this is not what they had planned. They went through all of this effort to have these balloon leave at the same time and this was messing all of this up. Then it hit me when all of the balloons were being released that this is just like life. Some balloons went on earlier than the others like Emma even though this is not how they planned it even though I didn't understand either situation.

The balloons followed the ones that were released early.

2 SAMUEL 12:22-23

He answered, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, 'Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.' 23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."

FINAL THOUGHTS:

While I was standing there listening to a song being played I closed my eyes and felt the warm sun shining on me and thought how blessed I was to be living my life. I thought about what I have done with my blessing. I feel that I have not lived it the way someone should to be blessed with life.

When I see a pink balloon, I'm going to think about Little Bon Bon and reevaluate my life to see if I'm living it to the fullest.

On my way back to work, I stopped by and saw my kids and gave them a big hug and kiss. When I was walking out of my parent's house, I see a pink valentine heart balloon floating over the roof right to me. I grabbed the balloon and took it to my little girl.

Thank you God for my little girl! I'm truly blessed.

Something to think about....

Why do you think God made animals that were
unclean that Jews were not supposed to eat?

You won't believe where I'm calling you from

Imagine this scenario.....



MAN : Hey, how would like to see the Rolling Stones live at the Super Bowl?

COLLEGE KID: Sure, what do I have to do?!

MAN: Well, you have to spend the first 5 to 10 minutes of the concert under a tarp.


Later at the Super Bowl.....

COLLEGE KID MAKING PHONE CALL

COLLEGE KID: Hey mom, guess where I am?

No, I'm not studying.

I'm under the Rolling Stone toungue!

Yes, I have clean underwear on!

Wait, there lifting the toungue....

COOL...

I'm at the Super Bowl but wait who are these old guys?

Happy Family Celebration Day!

I have officially named today Family Celebration Day. I know that it is hard sometimes to have family time together because of busy schedules but I also think it is a very important to spend time together. I hope that you spend more than this day having fun together with your family but I wanted to have a special day for my family and I wanted to share it with everybody.

From this day forward on February the 2nd it will be known as Family Celebration Day!

Enjoy time with your family. You never know when it will be taken from you.

I had my kids taken from my wife and I for four months on this day last year. We are not promised tomorrow and we sure don't know what it holds for us.

Love your family! Give them an extra long hug and kiss.

Your family is a blessing from God that should not be taken for granted.

Happy Family Celebration Day!