~ Is it possible to covet rain? I had a phone conversation with my mom tonight. She was sitting out on her screened porch and I could hear the sound of chimes trilling in the wind and thunder rolling across her piece of the sky. I'm jealous.

~ In hindsight, there are some things I think we might've handled differently in raising our kids. Thanks be to God, He was there through all of it, and they're amazing grown-ups now.

~ My cars have never had a bumper sticker of any kind on them in 30-hmm-hmm years of driving. Until now. "Tattoos by Ian." (I might make one that says "My daughter is a SAHM!")

~ So where were y'all when we went to Mama's for butter beans this evening? We almost waited for you!

~ No one has to tell me when the end of summer is eminent in this neck of the woods. I can taste it in every ice cube or glass of tea or cup of coffee- the dreaded red algae that the August heat births each year. (Shudder.)

~ I bought a most unusual novel. Written from the perspective of a 15-year-old autistic boy who sets out to solve the murder of his neighbor's poodle. The book is full of numbered lists, charts, diagrams, and sketches. When the book began with page 21, I went along with it thinking it was a gimmick. Then after page 52, it started over at page 21 again. Did this have something to do with how the mind of an autistic child works, I wondered? I kept reading. My mom suggested I find another copy and see if the first 20 pages were missing. They were. Sheesh.

~ "Hallelujah! Thank GOD! And why? Because he's good, because his love lasts." Psalm 106:1

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posted by Joye @ 10:51 PM

2 Comments:

At 8/04/2006 3:50 PM, Kathy said…

I thoroughly enjoyed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. I have several ex-students that were autistic and one special boy that was in my sunday school class when he was 4. D grew up and is now 19 years old and he is very much like the boy in the novel. Its a quirky book but shouldn't start on page 21.

I only regret the book was full of f words [shudder] but the plot and the story intriguing.

I'm grateful, too, that in spite of my parental shortcomings and mess-ups, God managed to work things out to create relationships father to child with my own. Grandchildren don't quite work right in the eternal culture. ha!
At 8/05/2006 5:29 PM, Schweers' Mom said…

I've never had a sticker on my car either (well, take that back - I had a "Furman alumni" sticker on my Honda after I graduated. BUT I did just put a sticker on my precious German fun car - a red hibiscus flower - it reminds me of my favorite place on earth - Hawaii.