Not necessarily bad, or difficult, just long - a lot has happened. Some significant, some insignificant. Mostly good, I'd even venture to say...
Life is made up of hundreds of thousands of tiny mosaic pieces. I had a friend who referred to it as a patchwork quilt - I could agree with that too (my life would definitely be one of those crazy quilts with the random shaped pieces...no neat little boxes here!). Or perhaps it's more like a paint by number - each piece being filled in by a certain feeling, action, person, or whatever.
But I digress.
There have been so many things I intended to blog about...and each day I thought I'd jot some things down, one thing led to another, and I either forgot or simply decided not to...and now I can't even remember what it was I wanted to write about. It's sad, really, I had some good thoughts going. But, just like when I don't write appointments in my calendar or put that post it note where I can see it...things get forgotten.
Three weeks ago, I made a presentation for a Kiwanis meeting, went to two out of town meetings in different places in one day, and spent part of the weekend hanging out with a band called Silverline that came to participate in a weekend event over at the Methodist Church. It was a crazy week, but one that gave me a chance to just be random - it's nice every now and again.
Two weekends ago, I took some kids out to an apple orchard to make scarecrows and just spend the afternoon having fun. It was great, really - our little caravan headed out to the country, and somewhere in the neighborhood of 20 or 30 folks joined us for the event. I got to see my pastor's kids and parents - it was fun to spend some time with them also.
The week that followed contained an unpracticed worship session (which came off way better than some of the ones I've been a part of that have been rehearsed - chalk it up to talented musicians), a devotion for staff meeting (incidentally, one that talked about the very same thing I touched on above - about many pieces coming together), a bible study leader meeting, Homecoming, running cars back and forth, and schedules that flip flopped and flip flopped some more. I think my plans for Saturday changed four times before I finally figured out exactly what I was doing, and the end result was a great one. I got to spend some time with my favorite kids on Friday night - It was just an...I don't know...just a good weekend. :)
Sunday brought a benefit for some members of the church who lost their father/husband to cancer caused by Agent Orange about a year ago. The attendance and help was great - I think they raised at least $6k. Then, this week has been sorta random also...time spent with old friends, new friends, even time spent with old friends in new ways. This afternoon I leave with some kids to go to Minneapolis for a girl's conference this weekend, and before that - Terry's in town - and is coming to visit us Grace folks for a bit. And, next week - I get to be on the work crew for Extreme Makeover - Home Edition!! They're coming to rural Albert Lea - so exciting!!
Alright...enough with synopsis of my life...perhaps having done this will help me to remember some of the other things I wanted to journal about... sigh. :)
