Manna

Yesterday a couple of co-workers and I were talking about getting ahead and being stressed about things we are responsible for like finances.  The conversation ended with all of us admitting to knowing that we are made to live in the present and that God will provide our daily bread but to watch for or expect [...]

Dirt

As a kid you could measure how much fun I had in a day by how thick the dirt ring in the tub was once I cleaned my day off of me.  Somehow, somewhere in growing up I got to where I didn’t like having stuff on me.  The rare occasion I will cook my Mom [...]

State Bound

Another update on my incredibly athletic sister.
Yesterday was the Regional competition and here are Bre’s results:
Shot put:  12 feet something (minimum is 9 feet something); Discus: 37 feet 2 inches; 400 meter wheelchair: 1 minute 45 seconds (11 seconds faster than her District time); 800 meter wheelchair: 3 minutes 59 seconds (that one was close [...]

Namesake, hope

Since I so boldly call myself bikegirl I figured I needed to do something to live up to my namesake.  So I went for a ride yesterday.  I am not sure why it surprises me every time but it still does that I love riding my bike.  When I have a long dry spell of [...]

Window shopping

Window shopping should not be done at the hospital nursery.
That is what I told my Mom today when she called to say she had a new foster child in the car.  A 4 day old boy that was born to a drug using mother that disappeared shortly after having the child.  This kid is now [...]

Silence

I think I have posted before about how I like being quiet and being in quiet places but this post isn’t about the absence of noise but silence.  When I am being quiet or in a quite place I still have my brain on.  I am thinking through something or about something.  It is hard [...]

District — Check

Since it is track season and I already warned you I like talking about my sister here is the latest.
Bre competed in the District competition for her High School Track team yesterday.  She can only do 4 events total so she did shot put, discus, 400 meter wheelchair and 800 meter wheelchair.  To qualify for [...]

In Over my Head

I am now remembering why I don’t sign up for bike events in the Spring.  My cycling season doesn’t start until the mid to late Spring so I have no time to train for Spring events.  I am doing the MS150 in Savannah in 2 weeks and I have been outside on my bike once [...]

Colossians

Have you read Colossians lately?  Normally I would answer a question like that with a blank stare but this time I can say yes I have.  Several times actually.  While I was preparing a lesson on John 12 for my weekly Bible Study group there was a reference to a verse in Colossians.  Later that [...]

More on my sister

Here is a link to the newspaper article about the event: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008804120334
If you go to the photo gallery, Bre is picture 15 of 64.  This is her in her racing wheelchair.
She was trying to get her 800 meter race in under 4 minutes but a sore thumb and pressure to race in the event she [...]