i stood before the first united methodist church's congregation and took vows to join and be a member of the church. in return, they took a vow to welcome and support me in my Christian journey. afterwards, i joined the reverend bob rice at the back of the sanctuary to be presented to and welcomed by my new church family. there was a very long line of warm welcomes, hand shakes, and hugs...
at the end of this line there was a darling, elderly couple. i had noticed them standing in the very back pew greeting those in the line. she was wearing a 40's style, pink suede, tailored skirt-suit. he was donning a dove gray suit, crisp white shirt, and a mauve tie, which perfectly matched her pink suit.
when they finally made their way to me, she took my hands in hers and paused. she looked into my eyes (in a sort of way no one ever had)-
i was sure she was looking into my soul.
then, in her gravelly, sophisticated voice, she asked, "are you sherry gaines' daughter?"
i tilted my head, smiled, and answered, "yes, ma'am."
she continued, "you don't know me... but i am lucy moss, and this is my husband george."
my skin got unusually warm,
and i could hear my heart beating...
although i had never met the mosses,
i had heard much about "mr. and mrs. moss".
i knew lucy moss had been both my mom's and her mother's (my mamaw's) 8th grade math teacher. i knew george moss had been president and chairman of the board of the first national bank of henderson for years. i also knew my mother had dated their only child, mike, for several years in high school, they had broken up, and he had been killed shortly after in an horrific car wreck.
further, although my mother married my dad, i knew she NEVER got over her first love,
mike moss...
tomorrow, i will begin a collections of entries of my time spent with george and lucy moss.
feel free to comment
and ask questions.
there may be a looming question you ask yourself...
you won't be the first.
in time, i'll answer it too.
(to be continued...)
love and God's blessings, dani xx
ps you will find all entries in ascending order on my side bar entitled, "our love story":)
a little over a week ago i was visiting suz's blog. she commented that she has lost her taste for food. i thought to myself, AGAIN, i have too...
my taste buds are broken!!!
~~~i had already decided that my toothbrush was to blame.
ROTFLMAO!!!
my last toothbrush purchase was a colgate® 360°® (the one that has the "unique cheek and tongue cleaner"). i had decided that i had scrubbed away my taste buds!!! no, REALLY, i was sure that i had... for, my chicken had begun to taste like wood, my granny smiths had begun to taste like gold and delicious (no longer sour), and my green vegetables??? they had just offered texture (no flavor at all)!!!~~~
so, i commented as to what i thought my problem was.
that afternoon i received a sweet email form suz's sister, "j", who kindly told me that i could be experiencing a sinus problem... i replied that she could be right...as i do live in the ohio valley (allergy central).
THANK YOU, J:)
well, i think she was right!!! a couple of days later, my olfactory shut down completely (maggie's feet stopped smelling like fritos;), my chicken and apples tasted the same (they had NO taste), and my voice left the building. since then, i've been sneezing, wheezing, and coughing.
YUCK!!!
welcome to fall in the mid-west!!!
on the bright side of my predicament,
my diet has become much easier.
further, when this passes
(as it ALWAYS does:),
maybe... just maybe
i will welcome the flavors of
chicken and apples again...
or maybe not:b
i have only lost 2 lbs this week,
which means that my goal is shot
all to hell; dang it!!!
but, next week IS a NEW week:D
"Sarah Palin, mother of five, is Alaska's first female governor and the first woman to run on a Republican presidential ticket!!!" msn
l,
d xx
ps. i'm shocked!!! are you??? what do you think??? feel free to post your opinions... i'm totally non-judgmental and find ALL opinions interesting:)
well, john informed me last week that he was going to take a little trip on his motorcycle...
"are you going to ride the natchez trace?" i asked.
he looked at me a little puzzled and responded, "yes, how did you know?"
"well, mom said something to me about it," i said. "i was wondering when you were going to let me in on it."
(i knew he would wait til the last minute so that i wouldn't have time to do much objecting;)
"oh," he continued, " dale and i are going to leave on saturday morning; and i'll be back on tuesday."
at least he wasn't going by himself!!!
(an idea he'd recently vocalized)
now, i'm not really sure if he was ever really thinking about going by himself or if he just threw that idea out there so that when he told me he was going with dale i would think that him travelling with someone would be the better of the two ideas or not; but, it wouldn't surprise me, ha!!!
anyway, i didn't object...
but, i told him on thursday night that he needed a gel seat if he was going to be riding that great a distance and that it looked like hurricane fay was going to be affecting the area to which he and dale were heading.
"eh, we'll be ok, he replied, "and i don't need anything for my seat. i'm used to it now. it won't bother me."
he left first thing saturday morning.
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quick phone log...
saturday night: we made it!!! in one piece!!!
(in other words, he told me so.)
sunday night: ummm, i think we're going to head towards knoxville tomorrow because hurricane fay is not going to allow us to go down into louisianna. we were only able to bike about 75 miles today because of all the rain...
(in other words, you told me so;)
monday: well, we are in alabama. did you see all the tornado warnings out for here??? but, we're ok; you don't need to worry...
(in other words, YOU TOLD ME SO!!!;)
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VROOOM, VROOOM, VROOOM...
i heard him pulling into the drive way last night.
(THANK YOU, GOD!!!)
i met him at the front door where he greeted me with a kiss.
then i turned around to follow him into the house. he was walking a little funny...
(actually a whole lot funny;)
the next thing i knew, he was rubbing his bum...
picture: the brady bunch, alice after her mule ride down into the grand canyon!!!
"i'm going to get me a different seat before i do THAT again," he announced.
The simple rule of thumb is that you have to answer each question with one word, and one word only. So lots of this doesn't make any sense, because I can be a rather wordy person at times. Not intentionally, of course. I always try to get right to the point, of course.
So enough already. Here we go.
Where is your cell phone? bed
Where is your significant other? cycling:S
Your hair color? brunette
Your mother? sherry
Your father? ollie
Your favorite thing? katherine:D
Your dream last night? hmmm...
Your dream/goal? heaven
The room you’re in? bedroom
Your hobby? blogging
Your fear? loss
Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
Where were you last night? home
What you’re not? skinny
One of your wish-list items? tile
Where you grew up? kentucky
The last thing you did? coffee
What are you wearing? clothes
Your TV? on
Your pet? snoring:b
Your computer? dell
Your mood? content:)
Missing someone? d:(
Your car? commander
Something you’re not wearing? shoes
Favorite store? 1890's
Your summer? gone
Love someone? absolutely
Your favorite color? green When is the last time you laughed? earlier
Last time you cried? weeks
Who do you want to tag? bloggers
well, katherine got her cell phone taken away from her at school on friday. it is against the rules to have them at school. so, when hers fell out of her book bag, it was confiscated. once it was confiscated, she also received detention, which she will serve this afternoon.
my dilemma is this...
as her parent, i want her to have her phone with her!!!i feel way more comfortable (this day and time) with her having the phone at school with her at all times.
our high school is the biggest in the state with 2000 students on the roll.
the school has had problems with fights, drugs, guns, bomb threats, and, yes, even rape!!!
is it wrong of me to send her with the phone to school???
katherine has only EVER gotten into trouble at school 2 times in 13 years (including pre-school). both times it has been over the cell phone.
last year, she got detention for having it at school when her alarm went off on it in her purse. (she uses it as an alarm to awake in the mornings. she had had an orthodontist appointment the day prior and had reset the alarm for later than she normally did. she forgot to reset it, hence it went off in the middle of her first period class. she had it turned off; but the alarm will sound regardless of on or off.)
friday, as i said, it fell out of her book bag (they are not allowed to have book bags that zip).
she was not USING it either time.
the other thing is this... some of the teachers allow the kids to not only have their cell phones on them; but they also allow them to use the phones for texting and the such when they have completed their class work. katherine has several teachers that allow them.
now, i don't know whether to let it go or whether i should talk to someone about changing the rule. i really think that the rule needs to be changed for safety purposes. i don't think the phones should be used for play. they should be turned off and stowed during class unless allowed (teacher's discretion).
if it is true that "you are what you eat",
then that would definitely make me
a granny smith with tail feathers!!!
lol!!!
after dieting just a little over two weeks,
i have dropped 10 lbs:D
thirty more pounds to go in 39+ days!!!
i can honestly say that i am getting
a little tired of chicken and apples.
but, that is good because i am eating
less of each now than when i began.
i cannot tell a lie, though...
i have cheated a little here and there:S
i have eaten bread occasionally...
and i have eaten melons and grapes
instead of apples several times...
not TOO bad of a cheat; do you think???
i hope all you other dieters out there
are having luck as well!!!
and this is christian's and stephanie's love story in pictures set to music:
***"Some of you may know that Steph and Christian have a family tradition of writing wishes on helium balloons to release them in the air (see: here). On Saturday, we'd like to invite people anywhere, everywhere to write thoughts of faith and hope to be released at the same time. (Nie is going to love this!) Lets do 5:00 AZ time (6:00 MST/7:00/Central/8:00/Eastern). Will you all take pictures of the release where you are and e-mail me so we can post them on Monday?" c jane(stephanie's sister)
(henderson first united methodist church)
