Somewhere in these words I have a blog... a thought thread that is only slightly tangled.. maybe I need to read more -- so my words don't get locked up the way they are. Turns out too much tv really CAN rot your brain.
We weren't thinking about influencing the world around us, raising kids, domestic diplomacy (?), building anything more than what we were going to need to get started.
13 years later we were at odds with one another about something -- and the kids knew it too. I don't even remember what about now. We all went to bed without reaching common ground or putting an end to it. (I think it's ok to go to bed angry.. I know I'm wrong.. but a good night's rest often provides clarity. :)
The next morning I'm up in the kitchen. There's a fortune cookie on the counter.
I walked back into our bedroom, handed Matt the cookie, and said no matter what the cookie says.. we'll put last night behind us and "bide by the fortune." (Stupid -- but I needed an ice breaker!)
He opened the cookie, read the fortune, and groaned "ooooh.hh... greeatt..
I thought.. Oh no! The fortune must say "RUN while your legs still can!"
This is what the fortune said:
...I worry that I give off the impression through blogging or social media posts that my life is always ?hunky-dorey?.. because my posts might tend to be positive. For the most part I could get away with saying it IS .. but NOT without having to maually push that "start over button" once-in-a-while or get it back on the rails from time to time. And NOT by doing it alone.. Matt and I have totally acknowledge that God is in the center of this -- or we're sunk.
That being said ...we must annoy God alot.
(But that's ok..)
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You are a blessing to many people. You can sure cheer up a day with your wit and your smile can light up the darkest mood. So glad I met you!
"Grandma Donna"
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