Rejoice and dance before the Lord.
He turns our mourning to gladness
and our sorrow to JOY!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Dance Before the Lord
Rejoice and dance before the Lord.
He turns our mourning to gladness
and our sorrow to JOY!
Think Outside the Bun!
Okay, so I am not a hot dog person, I have to be in the mood for a hot dog and I rarely think to put it on the menu. One day, I was in the mood for a hot dog, but without the weenie! So I went to a well known hot dog drive thru, I won't tell you which one, but I'm sure you can take an educated guess.
I pull up to the speaker at the drive thru, "Hello, may I take your order?" "yes, I reply, I would like a hot dog, but without the weenie"… silence.... then I hear, "I'm sorry, we can't do that!" all our hot dogs come with weenies." I explained I really did not care for the weenie, but really would just like the bun with all the fixings, again, I hear " NO, I'm sorry we can't do that." We make all our hot dogs with Weenies." So.... I decided to start all over... "Okay, I would like a hot dog, but before you hand it to me, just pull out the weenie!.... silence, Okay, please pull up to the window! Not that she was going to give me what I wanted; I think she finally just wanted to see the face of the nut who wanted a hot dog without a weenie!
Sometimes we get so caught up in doing things one way that we find ourselves in a rut and we loose our creativity. I love doing things out of the ordinary, like, having a picnic in my den, eating on fine china in the park, throwing “it’s not your birthday parties!” When I think back of pleasant memories, these are some of the things I think of…. Not eating a hot dog with a weenie!
Oh, by the way…. Yes, I got my hot dog… But, I had to remove the weenie myself!!!
Whew!… after a year of initiating my blog, this is my first posting!
I pull up to the speaker at the drive thru, "Hello, may I take your order?" "yes, I reply, I would like a hot dog, but without the weenie"… silence.... then I hear, "I'm sorry, we can't do that!" all our hot dogs come with weenies." I explained I really did not care for the weenie, but really would just like the bun with all the fixings, again, I hear " NO, I'm sorry we can't do that." We make all our hot dogs with Weenies." So.... I decided to start all over... "Okay, I would like a hot dog, but before you hand it to me, just pull out the weenie!.... silence, Okay, please pull up to the window! Not that she was going to give me what I wanted; I think she finally just wanted to see the face of the nut who wanted a hot dog without a weenie!
Sometimes we get so caught up in doing things one way that we find ourselves in a rut and we loose our creativity. I love doing things out of the ordinary, like, having a picnic in my den, eating on fine china in the park, throwing “it’s not your birthday parties!” When I think back of pleasant memories, these are some of the things I think of…. Not eating a hot dog with a weenie!
Oh, by the way…. Yes, I got my hot dog… But, I had to remove the weenie myself!!!
Whew!… after a year of initiating my blog, this is my first posting!
Monday, April 9, 2007
Before I was a Mom
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Before I was a mom...
Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom
Author unknown
Before I was a mom...
Before I was a Mom I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom - I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put them down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom
Author unknown
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
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