A Merriest of Birthdays to Melanie…My IM, stay-up-late, write-a-poem, laugh-out-loud, do something crazy, roses-and-daisies, friend-of-my-heart, lets-go-to-Europe-or-Eureka-or-ANYWHERE, kindred-spirit, crack-me-up, too-many-pixels-not-enough-in-person, Emergency-Interrupt-System-board-of-directors, can-I-call-ya (even though its midnight), inspire-me-to-follow-JESUS, sister…..FRIEND
I love ya dearie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
“My God is a God of the impossible. He’s a God Who can do anything He allows Himself to do. The mountains move, the seas divide to show that He is on my side. I know that His promises are true. Yes! He can make things possible for you!
My God is a God Who can do miracles and He’s in control of everything that I can or cannot see. He loves to show His mighty power in every day and every hour. My life speaks of His ability. Yes! He has worked a miracle in me!”
God of the Impossible, Music of the Children’s Institute
In “Little Women” [at least in the movie], the tutor John Brook informed: “Over the mysteries of female life there is drawn a veil best left undisturbed.”
I offer you, my loyal readers, a glimpse tonight beyond that veil. What kinds of conversations would YOU think take place between girls on an average Tuesday. The featured females are ME [who should be writing], MELANIE [who should be studying], ERIN [who should be getting better], and AMY [who was wisely talking to her mother when this conversation was inspired]. Enjoy…. [hee hee]
You, my guest, enter into an IM conversation between me and Mel:
Melanie: …Random info…Talking to Amy…apparently they had some kind of shrimp for dinner…nothing major….but anyway…got my mom on the topic of Red Lobster…
Sarah: Yeah?
Melanie: And so Amy said that she remembers once when we went she was little and stuck the straw up her nose and then she breathed.
Sarah: LOL!
Melanie: :D BAD NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!! I remember that…it was SO FUNNY!!!
Sarah: She sucked up her COKE!!!!!!!!!!!
Melanie: Dr. Pepper, actually. ;)
Sarah: LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In her little nostrils!?
Melanie: yup!!!
Sarah: Bless her heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Melanie: LOL!!! hee hee… :)
Sarah: THAT’s how the AIR got up THERE! ;)
Melanie: ROFL! I GUESS SO!!
Sarah: It’s OK When I was teeny…..My Uncle Billy tossed me up right into a door frame (or something similar) and I have never been able to sit still for long since.
Melanie: ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how funny!!!
Sarah: And once when Cat was little, she had a pillow up her nightgown…..and dad would punch her in the pillow….She would fall over and laugh…..But once, when he swung…..She sat. :-O
Melanie: oh no!!!!!!!!!right in the NOSE????
Sarah: Somewhere in the face..Poor dear. AND SHE has liked chocolate ever since.
Melanie: oh my word. that’s tragic.
Sarah: AND ONCE……When cat and I were younger, we were in a tree eating little plums….Her above…..me a little lower…..She spit out her pit……And it stuck…..
Melanie: in your HAIR!!!!!!
Sarah: Between my eye and my glasses lens.
Melanie: ACK!!! SCREAM!!!! LAUGHING! that’s soooooooooo funny!!!
Sarah: I am cracking UP!!!! *breathe* AND I….have never much cared for squid since.
Melanie: * LaUGHING!!! * oh my SOUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah: And now you know.
Melanie: man…that’s incredible.
Sarah: Yes……SO tell Amy we understand. *insert look of compassion*
Melanie: oK!
Sarah: AND ONCE……When my parents were younger and Cat was teeny…….The guys from dad’s work trapped him in a porto-potty….Loaded it onto a truck….
Melanie: OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah: And brought him home to mom.
Melanie: OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah: And he STILL doesn’t sing in the shower!!!
Melanie: oh man….ROFL!! I told Amy and she said…”Tell her thanks for understanding” :)
Sarah: Anytime. sigh Some of us just suffer… =-/ …
SO THEN…Melanie e-mailed Erin….And this is Erin’s saga….
“…That was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like beyond HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But, I can SO relate because when I was little my Grandma had this BIG jar of pennies and I would dump it out and count them and ever since then I haven’t liked chicken…….no joke. I’m dead serious!!!!!!!!!!!! It all makes sense now huh?? Yeah, I thought so too…. :P ”
SO THEN…Melanie replyed to Erin. And THIS is Melanie’s saga….
“…YAY!!! I’m so glad it made you laugh!!! I’m sorry about the pennies and the chicken. You know, I always KNEW there had to be something behind that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Course, I can understand too, cause once when I was little, I was going down the hill on my bike, and a car was coming, and I couldn’t stop…so I kept going straight, and got to the other side before the car reached me, but at the other side there was this CURB…so I flipped, and scared the poor man who was driving. And ever since then, I wear a helmet and walk into poles.”
And I was there when Mel walked into that pole while wearing her helmet. I can verify the accuracy of her account! :D
And then later, Erin made another discovery about herself. She wrote:
“Once, when we were on vacation in Arkansas, my brothers and I went on hike without Mom and Dad and we found bear tracks in the woods and ever since that moment I’ve had a thing for sunflower seeds, shelled, no salt. Bear tracks do the weirdest things to kids………….shaking head………..”
Don’t things make more sense now, my friends???? And now I ask, have you learned anything from this little glimpse beyond the veil??? Have you discovered anything about yourself? We’d love to hear about it!
*Here’s me, Mel, Erin, and Amy as little people! Thanks for creating it, Mel – great job! :)
This post is dedicated to my dear friend, Nik…
I would like to give fair warning to all Americans to expect a drop in the economy over the next few months. You see, Nik is heading out to Romania later this week. And being that he is the primary supporter of the American economy as it relates to root beer – we can expect to see a change in the stockmarket. ;)
[Took this pic just for you, Nik…you can print it and hang it in your room in RO. :D ]
Be encouraged though, friends, he’ll be back! [at which time you’ll notice a sudden surge in the root beer based economy]. ;)
And Nik! Here’s to you a slightly advanced HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hard to believe you were only 15 when we met years ago! Wow – time flies! This is gonna be an awesome year – it has to be – you serve an awesome God! I hope somebody gets you some root beer for the big day! If they don’t, there’s always the lip balm ;)
Have a tremendous, memorable, great, dynamic time, Niko! Go change your world! :)
*if only I’d had a pic of you holding my head under that kitchen faucet *sigh* …… ;)
May the mind of Christ, my Savior,
Live in me from day to day,
By His love and power controlling
All I do and say.
May the Word of God dwell richly
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through His power.
May the peace of God my Father
Rule my life in everything,
That I may be calm to comfort
Sick and sorrowing.
May the love of Jesus fill me
As the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing,
This is victory.
May I run the race before me,
Strong and brave to face the foe,
Looking only unto Jesus
As I onward go.
May His beauty rest upon me,
As I seek the lost to win,
And may they forget the channel,
Seeing only Him
.
…These words are the prayer of my heart. Him, and only Him. I praise my God, Who has begun a good work in me. He alone [not me or my efforts] is the Author and the Finisher of my faith. I kneel my heart before my King and offer praise…
February 26th, 2007| 