A thought worth considering

William Faulkner's 1950 speech accepting the Nobel Prize in Literature is worthy of your consideration. Search: American Rhetoric top 100, and you'll find some amazing speeches. The one by Faulkner has some great moments. You'll be left to consider the craft of word selection and composition. You'll also, if you've written anything for public consumption, be left in awe of your duty as a writer. Check it out. Revel in the words of a master.

Scary phone call

Our daughter Kelsey is going to Asia on a mission trip this summer. One of the preparation steps is getting all the immunization recommended. Kelsey gives blood quite frequently, that doesn't bother her. But for whatever reason putting stuff in makes her nervous. I went with her to the clinic. There was discussion about previous immunizations, and how current was her tetanus. The nurse finally settled on 4 shots, with more to follow in the series over the next six weeks.

The next day her phone rings, it's the clinic. The voice says, there's a problem...

They overdosed her? The typhoid was bad? They gave her mad cow?

Turns out they had a question about her account, which I had paid as I left that day. Maybe problem wasn't the right word. She's fine, a little sore, but fine.

Snow in April?

As we pulled out of the garage this morning there were snowflakes falling. Stop the insanity! I wrote a note in February about snow, and how quickly it would be going away. Thankfully this morning's snow was not sticking. Crazy!

I've been away

Gentle Readers,

Sorry I've been away. I get into blogspot and all I can think about is checking my great niece Shirley's spot to see if there's any new pictures. I'll try to do better.

You go girl

“Wow, you’re the first person actually that’s ever asked me that question in the, I don’t know maybe, 70 college campuses I’ve now been to, and I do not think that is any of your business,” Chelsea Clinton said during the campaign visit for her mother.

This was in response to a student newspaper reporter asking Chelsea about Monica Lewinsky. He asked the question as an opportunity for Chelsea to talk about how strong her mother was, and how she's ready to handle crisis. Instead he got the answer above.

I'm no fan of the Clinton's, but overall I think Chelsea's answer was spot on.

All's well that ends well

Shirley Jean Desvousges arrived at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday. She is a beautiful little girl. Both mother, baby and daddy are doing great. Just got a report from the proud mother, baby and daddy are watching Super Bowl highlights. What more could a girl want on her first day out of the hospital?

The 'blind date' couple had a wonderful time meeting and getting to know each other. They must have had plenty to talk about, the evening ended at 1:00 a.m. They're anxious to see each other again, but both want to take the progress of their relationship very slowly. Waiting on God's timing and direction. I'm happy for both of them. Sorry, no names yet. At least not in this public forum.

All's well that ends well.

Anticipation

My niece, Erin, is in labor. I've gotten two progress updates by text message, last one at 1:45 a.m. What's going on in Wisconsin???

I set up two dear young people. Both attend our church but had never met before last week. They were supposed to go for coffee last night. Dying to know how it went.

Guess today is about anticipation.