Weezer & Annie Herring – post-Concert @ Hillside Foursquare Church! 

one of the things that truly gives me joy is seeing my kids enjoy themselves – perhaps this is most seen in the life & times of weezer, my 8-year old. last night, our church hosted Annie Herring for a concert of worship – weezer was absolutely captured by this woman of grace & elegance, who, more importantly to weezer, immediately included her in her pre-concert routine & made her feel absolutely like 1 million dollars. (it was so cool for Annie to teach weez how to do real girl-pushups… i’ve never quite been able to get those down…)

long after we got home, weez was still listening (& singing along) to the Annie Herring cd that she’d purchased with her own $15; she was caught up in the wonder of having yet another woman in her life as a role model (after her mom of course.) in Annie, she gets a woman who loves Jesus Christ & has set Him apart in her life to bring Him fame & honor by the way she lives. i am thankful for the impact made in my little girl’s life, & pray that i too will be able to be the kind of role model she can follow

my family has a tradition for the 4th – we watch “Independence Day” together – big fun around a familiar movie – the wife always cries when the president’s wife dies, even though we’ve seen the movie about 20 times. (if you did the math, you know that this means we’ve watched it more than once a year. but i digress.) we love will smith in this flick!

very cool to be in a completely different time of life, yet to revisit an old friend (albeit a movie) & as a family no less. the kids look forward to it almost more than i do, though not w/o popcorn… i wonder how much the tradition helps to define & give meaning to our family, as well to provide a framework for some great memories for all of us – also makes me wonder if these fun traditions will be a source of antagonism for future family once the kids get married & procreate… it amuses me.

i’m thankful for the respite that the day off provides – rest, family, popcorn & a movie – simple things

The last few days i’ve been alerted to the fact that I say “I hate…” quite a bit. I hate that i do that – I don’t want to be a hater, but I find that I’ve degenerated into “hating” things that aren’t even worth hating – like sushi, Splenda sweetened ice-cream, ballpoint pens, & 2-sided tape.

I wonder if it’s just selfishness that leads to hate –
when I run my mouth because the driver in front of me reacts too slowly to the green light
when things don’t measure up the way that I hoped they would…
when my expectations aren’t met by people who should know better…
when I don’t get my way…

Have mercy…