Last night while watching the olympics Tim claimed "I could do that."
Enough said - let the uncontrollable laughter commence!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Delusions of Grandeur
One more reason NOT "to be done yet".......
The pure joy that a child experiences and inturn shares with their mommy and daddy is like nothing else in this world!
Give Me Your Eyes - Another TOB theme song?
A while back I posted about a song called "We Need Each Other" by Sanctus Real. It always makes me think of certain TOB concepts.
Recently I've come across this song "Give Me Your Eyes". It also makes me think of TOB in a nutshell. For me at least.
If I had to sum up TOB and everything I've learned by studying it I would say this:
TOB is seeing yourself, and others with God's eyes.
Once you see your own body, all bodies, and everything about us as God's most special creation from the perspective of His original intent - the beauty is restored.
I truly see people differently than I ever have before. What a grace from God. I pray daily to see as He sees and to love as He loves. Little by little I plod along. Every glimpse I get of the true beauty of the human person made in God's image is a mini revelation I treasure!!!
This song applies well I think.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Just thinking about babies
One of my favorite bloggers - Danielle Bean writes...
Over the years, I've done my fair share of staring in disbelief at tiny pink lines in the bathroom. Once, a few years ago, when I told a friend of a new and unplanned pregnancy and expressed to her my ambivalent feelings, her response to me was a simple, joyful exclamation:
"God must love you so much!"
Her words startled me. Not only because most people's reactions to my latest news had been somewhat less than joyful, but also because of how true I knew those words were, deep down inside, in spite of my doubts and fears.
When God gives us babies, planned or unplanned, He gives us innumerable physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges. But He also gives us a glimpse of Himself. It's God's face we see in a helpless baby's smile. It's God's voice we hear in their needy cries, and it's God's enormous love we feel wrapped around us when we nurture them within us, when we hold their infant bodies, when we accept them as He sends them, whether it was part of "our plan" or not.
This comes from an article she wrote over at Inside Catholic. I couldn't agree more. Often I am amazed by people's lack of joy at the good news of a new life. Even when I have felt overwhelmed and nervous about a pregnancy. The thought of a completely original and totally unique new little person made my fears fade and anticipation replaced my anxiety. We as a culture tend to focus so much on "ME" and how everything effects ME that we seem to miss the enormous awe inspiring beauty of a baby - another person - not ME - living in ME! WOW!! Just thinking of it gives me goosebumps!!!
Over the years, I've done my fair share of staring in disbelief at tiny pink lines in the bathroom. Once, a few years ago, when I told a friend of a new and unplanned pregnancy and expressed to her my ambivalent feelings, her response to me was a simple, joyful exclamation:
"God must love you so much!"
Her words startled me. Not only because most people's reactions to my latest news had been somewhat less than joyful, but also because of how true I knew those words were, deep down inside, in spite of my doubts and fears.
When God gives us babies, planned or unplanned, He gives us innumerable physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges. But He also gives us a glimpse of Himself. It's God's face we see in a helpless baby's smile. It's God's voice we hear in their needy cries, and it's God's enormous love we feel wrapped around us when we nurture them within us, when we hold their infant bodies, when we accept them as He sends them, whether it was part of "our plan" or not.
This comes from an article she wrote over at Inside Catholic. I couldn't agree more. Often I am amazed by people's lack of joy at the good news of a new life. Even when I have felt overwhelmed and nervous about a pregnancy. The thought of a completely original and totally unique new little person made my fears fade and anticipation replaced my anxiety. We as a culture tend to focus so much on "ME" and how everything effects ME that we seem to miss the enormous awe inspiring beauty of a baby - another person - not ME - living in ME! WOW!! Just thinking of it gives me goosebumps!!!
Funny Stuff
This is the kind of funny stuff I love to read over at Notes from the Trenches. It's nice to know that there are other moms out there that use hyperbole to an extreme...for the sake of a good laugh of course!!
Read more and enjoy -
Or at the very least they will send you accessories to match your orange jumpsuit.
Me: My kids are driving my nuts today!Her: Join the club.Me: Was there some sort of edict that went out that us parents were not aware of that said, today is act like a little asshole day?Her: Yes that must be it.Me: You would not believe what my 7 yr old is doing… I swear he is begging me to strangle him.Her: I hear him. I will testify in court on your behalf.Me: You are such a great friend.Her: I’ll tell the judge. He was begging for it.Me: I love you.
*************Her (friend without a blog, yes they do exist. Like unicorns): So we were driving home from vacation and my son was throwing up the whole way.
Me: Oh yuck, we had that happen recently too. It was so horrible.Her: We kept having to pull over. Except at one point on the highway there was no shoulder and we had to give him a McDonald’s bag.Me: Ewwwwwwww. We luckily had beach buckets in the van.Her: It smelled so bad. And it was leaking. And the other kids were all complaining. So we threw it out the window.Me: I’m not laughing at you. I swear.Her: All the cars behind us were honking at us. Then they drove up and gave us the finger.Me: You polluter! Ruining our environment with your breeding and littering!Her: I like to think Mother Earth would forgive me. Being a Mother and all.
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Update: Geez people, you have weak stomachs. It’s not like a photographed the meal INSIDE a McDonald’s bag. That would be gross. Funny, but gross.
But I get the hint, I have removed the photo and link. I’ll put them back up in a different post. Away from the vomit story.
Posted by Chris @ 8:33 am 25 Comments
Read more and enjoy -
Or at the very least they will send you accessories to match your orange jumpsuit.
Me: My kids are driving my nuts today!Her: Join the club.Me: Was there some sort of edict that went out that us parents were not aware of that said, today is act like a little asshole day?Her: Yes that must be it.Me: You would not believe what my 7 yr old is doing… I swear he is begging me to strangle him.Her: I hear him. I will testify in court on your behalf.Me: You are such a great friend.Her: I’ll tell the judge. He was begging for it.Me: I love you.
*************Her (friend without a blog, yes they do exist. Like unicorns): So we were driving home from vacation and my son was throwing up the whole way.
Me: Oh yuck, we had that happen recently too. It was so horrible.Her: We kept having to pull over. Except at one point on the highway there was no shoulder and we had to give him a McDonald’s bag.Me: Ewwwwwwww. We luckily had beach buckets in the van.Her: It smelled so bad. And it was leaking. And the other kids were all complaining. So we threw it out the window.Me: I’m not laughing at you. I swear.Her: All the cars behind us were honking at us. Then they drove up and gave us the finger.Me: You polluter! Ruining our environment with your breeding and littering!Her: I like to think Mother Earth would forgive me. Being a Mother and all.
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Update: Geez people, you have weak stomachs. It’s not like a photographed the meal INSIDE a McDonald’s bag. That would be gross. Funny, but gross.
But I get the hint, I have removed the photo and link. I’ll put them back up in a different post. Away from the vomit story.
Posted by Chris @ 8:33 am 25 Comments
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