Change is hard

I sit here before the computer in shock. Yesterday at church our pastor announced that he is leaving. No warning, no reason, no place to go, just going. And Sunday will be his last day with us. It's all so very surreal. He said that he and his wife felt that God had "released" him as pastor of our church. What does that mean...released? Was he feeling imprisoned, captive, held? No one even sensed that this was coming. He's only been at our church for three years. He told us that he didn't really know what their next step was. I'm feeling very betrayed, though I know that we should all listen to the Holy Spirit as he guides us.

I know our church will survive. I know we will be fine. Change is hard. I don't like it. But I know we will be fine.

A Banner Day!

Wow, yesterday was such a great day. We got up to go to Man's flag football game and it felt like fall around here. I think the low was around 60. We haven't seen 60 degrees in months.

At the football game, we weren't sweating to death, and if that wasn't the greatest, Man made some great plays. First, he pulled the ball carriers flag to stop a touchdown. Then, he SCORED a touchdown!! My sister was at the game and took this great action shot...kinda reminds me of the Heisman trophy pose!

He was so proud and excited, he came running over to the sidelines at the first opportunity with a huge smile, and gave all the clan big hugs.

As a wonderful close to the day, my Crimson Tide pulled out an upset over the Razorbacks of Arkansas. I can't really boast a lot, cause we blew a 21 to nothing lead from the first quarter, but with some plays that looked like the Tide of years ago, we scored a touchdown in the last two minutes. Plus, Auburn lost and, that, my friends, makes a great day any way you look at it!

Roll Tide to ya'!

100 Club

Woo Hoo! This is my 100th post! Wow...hard to believe I've had enough to say to fill 100 posts! Okay, okay, those of you who know me can stop laughing. I almost want to throw a party. Almost, but not really.

We've been busy (seems like I always say that). Homework has been heavy this week. (Just ask me anything about the Ancient Greeks or vocabulary from the book A Cricket in Times Square!) So heavy that Darlin had a come-a-loose last night.

Since Christmas, she has been on her own with homework. I don't help her except to listen to a memory verse or quiz her on vocab. Last night, she was working on her memory verse which happened to be pretty long. It was due today, and she had waited til last night to start on it. After learning about half of it, she started crying and saying, "I can't do this. It's too much. Why do we have memory verses?" (except with loud sobbing and wailing between each phrase.) She carried on for about 20 minutes and ended up with a headache and runny nose.

Now, let me preface all this by saying that mercy is NOT my spiritual gift. It was all I could do not roll my eyes and laugh at her while this was going on. And I do mean...GOING ON! She was a MESS! I went about my afternoon activities (you know, kicking back with my feet up, eating bon bons, watch the soaps...hee,hee) while she sobbed.

She ended up getting it done, and I bet she won't wait til next Thursday night to learn her next verse! This growing up stuff was hard the first time...I'm not sure I'm gonna like it much more the second!

Look out Alabama recruiters

My little Man played in his first flag football game today. It was so much fun to watch and root for the Cowboys!

He didn't get a lot of action, but he was on offense for a while and defense for a while. The great thing about Upward leagues is that they want each child to have a chance to play any position they want. He's not interested in being the quarterback, but in practice he did a great job as a receiver. Though they don't "officially" keep score, we won something like 5 touchdowns to 2. (I couldn't keep up with the one or two point conversions, so I don't know the actual score.)

Man had the biggest smile on his face after each play, and after one particularly exciting play (a Cowboy caught the ball and started running...the wrong way...then realized his mistake and turned around to run it in for a touchdown!) Man looked at a friend on the team and said,"Dude, was that a touchdown?" It was hilarious! On this same play, the kid who ran the wrong way got his shorts pulled down a few inches, enough to see a good bit of tighty whitey...man laughed all afternoon about that!

Overall, I'd say he had a great time...he told me later that he LOVED it!

Here you go, missy!

So it's been a while since I last blogged...a lot has been going on. Someone, who shall remain nameless, has pointed out that since she put my blog on her favorites, I haven't posted one entry. Well...here you go, missy.

A couple of weeks ago, my daddy turned 70, so my sisters and I had a surprise reception for him and a few friends (75 or so).

School is back in full swing, so I've been getting all the Girl Scout stuff going for our meetings every other Monday.

I volunteer at the school on Wednesdays, and the last three have been BUSY BUSY BUSY! It is starting to calm down a little bit though.

Mr. Disty, the kids and I went to the beach for a quick get away last weekend. It was as perfect as can be...clear blue water, gentle waves, no seaweed or jellyfish, not too hot...we had a great time. (And Alabama won their football game!!)

We hit the ground running on Tuesday. My car was having some work done while we were gone (she's pretty shy about this stuff, but I can say it wasn't Botox), so we picked her up on Tuesday after a field trip with Darlin's class.

I worked Wednesday, took the kids for haircuts (Thursday is school picture day), and ran home for an hour before leaving for piano lessons at 4:30.

On top of all this, I'm catching a cold...ick. Of course, Mr. Disty has no compassion and when he got home today, asked what I'd been doing all day in that tone of voice that makes me want to commit murder. We need some serious prayer, people.

I have been burdened in the last few weeks for several people who have serious cancers. A friend has had a recurrence of melanoma in several parts of her body. As far as I understand, the doctors aren't even talking cure, anything they do would be to prolong her life. Another friend had a brain tumor removed in June. She is having severe nausea with her chemo, but her reports are looking good for now. Another blog friend is really struggling while waiting to find out when she can have her SECOND bone marrow transplant. She's dealing with pain and confusion. Let's all lift up these three women.