Laughter makes good medicine..

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 35. As I sat there doing school with my boys I thought I'd read a little of the Best of Barbara Johnson. Here's a few things that made me ponder and made me laugh:

• "A smile is a wrinkle that shouldn't be removed."
• "You have to face the music before you can lead the band."
• "Life is what happens after you make other plans." (Boy, isn't that true?)
• "Age is not important, unless you're cheese."
• "God don't make no junk."
• "There's nothing like a little experience to upset a theory." (So true... so very, very true...)
• "The people who tell you never to let little things worry you have never tried sleeping in the same room with a mosquito." (I was really cracking up after I read this!)
• "Things are looking up...I'm now only two weeks behind."
• (A little boy's prayer) "Dear God, take care of my family, take care of the whole world. And please, God, take care of Yourself, or we're all sunk."

Of Detergent and Determination

Some may climb Mount Everest in search of thrills galore,
But I scale peaks that rival it just past my laundry door:
Slopes of socks and underwear, sheer cliffs of shirts and pants-
Oh, yes, I live in mortal fear of a laundry avalanche!

Hope these brought a smile to your face as they did to mine. It was the start to a very nice day.

Sincerely,

A Big Thought on Music and Prose

Here's a little bit of something to chew on....

"Lord, what music hast thou provided for thy saints in heaven, when thou affordest bad men such music on earth....."

~Walton

The Sounds of Music

I live in a world full of sounds of music to my ears.
The melodies come quickly releasing feelings I can hear.
It is the sound that keeps me thinking,
The melodious waves that capture more than just a tune.
It is as if my brain is drawn upon the moving words.
As if my heart can hear beyond its orchestrated chords.

I see it now, reflected more within my offspring
For she hears it too.
The echoes float within her,
And desperately escape her soul.
Perhaps, if harnessed better,
Hers will produce a wonderful work.
One that will glorify God and cause Him to say,
“It is good.”


This is dedicated to my first daughter.

With Love,

Thought for the Day...

"If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care: of whom you speak, to whom you speak, and how, and when, and where..."

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