Samoas
Remember when they were called 'Caramel Delights'?
New name, same cookie.
TGFGS -- Thank God for Girl Scouts.
T-minus 3 weeks until delivery...
Glimpses and Glances
Sometimes you'll get a glimpse of my introspection. Other times you'll take a glance, revealing to your eyes a bit of the soul that lies behind these simple words you see. May these entries be not only a daily post, but a conversation, correspondence between myself and yours. "I write to taste life twice: in the moment, and in retrospection." -Anais Nin
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Strong
I used to be the strong one.
I used to be the one that someone called when he or she was in a jam. I was the one answering the phone when someone needed to talk or cry or yell or just sit. I was the one that others were dependent on. I almost always had the answers.
So what happened?
Why am I now the one calling, searching, and leaning? I know there comes a time in everyone's life when he or she needs to take the opposite role, but I feel like mine has lasted awhile, almost as if I've exhausted my pool of people to lean upon. There are those that call and say "Let me know if there's anything that you need!", but do they really mean it? If I called them, nervous and sleepless at 3 am, would they listen? If I did take them up on their offer, would I suddenly become needy or dependent? Would I see myself as I truly am, or as the worst that I can imagine?
I know that God tells us that when we are weak, then He is strong for us, but how can I see that day to day? Why is that so hard to understand?
Do I even want to be the strong one again?
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Snow
There have been a lot of things in the past year that have provoked me to write, that have put an idea in my head that I desperately wanted to get down on paper, yet my lack of discipline has kept me from putting it there. Finally, something influenced me enough to open this page again. Unfortunately, it wasn't that really, really ridiculously encouraging friend who said "You shouldn't have that blog link on your Facebook page. You never update it." It was, though, an act of God.
It snowed in Georgia.
Last week there were some flakes, but by the time they hit the ground, they were slush. This weekend, the snow was tiny little bouncy pebbles, but in a steady stream from the sky. Driving with a true southerner, I experienced the wonder of someone who has never really been in a real snowstorm. The truth of the matter is, though, that this was the most sorry excuse for snow I have ever seen. Most people got all excited about it though -- pleased and disgusted at the same time - and yes, some north GA schools were closed. Wow.
Some day, I'll fly them all to the Cities, where it snows for real. Until then, I'll enjoy my 60 degree Valentine's Day.
Love on someone today!
