Okay okay. I guess I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. So....
Jim's trip to the store, wore him out. There is no way he's getting hellegrimites or going fishing this year, and I have to carry the hot water tank into the cottage with a dolly, and he will need help putting this in. (this is not a hint. We have an offer for help already.)
I feel like I lose no matter which way I write something sometimes. I don't want anyone to assume that Jim is all fine and dandy and we don't have any needs. We do. But when I do mention other problems, I don't want people thinking we are hinting to them. AND, I don't want to be hinting to them either. The Lord is speaking to people's hearts about our needs, as I bring them to Him. I just want to tell it like it is, but it has often been so heavy hearted, it's hard to continue to write the hard side of everything.
It's a little bit like relational game playing here for me sometimes. Write only this. Say only that. Hint here. No, that's manipulation. Trust God. Share in the good, no Jim still needs prayer here. I still need prayer here...blah blah blah
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Hey Sister, be yourself. who you are at the moment you are blogging, there's days you hit the nail and days you hit your finger, and do some yelling.
Sister? you ever think that you may never be your old self?
I believe when the time comes you will find a much different you,after all of this and we will continue loving you and thanking God for you.
As for Jim, that man made me the best cup of coffee the other day. Brought me to tears. I am at awe and thankful when seeing Jim do anything, and it's all God's doing. Don't get any better than that.
Man I missed you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!
HEY KAREN thinking that Mineo's pizza thing is a HINT.
here's some more hints only their mine! LOL
ya ya's rainbow iceball
beto's pizza
cottage with dolly and jim
hey sis, nice post. Amen. lol to Karen taking Mineo's as a hint. Problem is, she's at Disney World. But you know what. If she was here, she would drive from Butler to Squirrel Hill and get me that pizza in a heart beat. (and pick one up for herself while she's at it.) Just wait till she gets home. ;)
No, I don't think I'll ever be my "old" self. Don't think God even wants it that way. But personality wise, I like the silly whimisical Dolly. I would like her to come back... We'll see.
We're going to buy an air cleaner. Jim's coughing and his lungs are filling up with something. Our bedroom above the garage is not a good thing. I would move it, but I'm too tired. Thanks for everything you two have done for us since we got home. We would have been lost without you.
I agree with Kim...be yourself and don't worry about how other people interpret/misinterpret/take hints...allow God to translate for you or allow them to come directly to you with questions/issues.
I'm sorry I haven't been able to reach out at all since you've been home. We have a nasty bug at the house...both kids have fevers (Beth is going on a week), and I'm all clogged up...living with the netipot again!
Give Jim a hug for all of us...enjoy the Mancini's and try to breathe now and again!
Love you,
K
Believe it or not, I've never done Mineo's pizza for all my years in the 'Burgh. Someone once told me it was extraordinarily cheesy, and that turned me off...but perhaps I will have to give it a try.
Hi K:
No problem. I did read that you were sick from you earlier post and was happy for you not to share them. I'm sorry you guys are ill again. Don't those bugs know it's summer. Not that those germy bugs listen to me here, too.
Thanks for your words on my blog. I appreciate them, as well. We'll see each other soon.
So great that you are finally home. We are always praying for you here. Sometimes when we pray for you and Uncle Jim Ellie will sign "doll". It's cute. She broke her collarbone on Mother's Day! Not cute. She's doing okay though. We go back in a month to make sure it's all healed.
Just be yourself on the blog. God has molded you (and Uncle Jim) into who you are today and it's obvious. Anyway your blog is more interesting than some books I've read and I've read alot of them.
Rest as much as possible and let me know if you need me to do anything for you. I love you both. Be at peace.
Love,
Judi
When I was a young teen my girlfriends and I(Carol Daugherty and Rita Miller-Judy B's big sis, used to walk from our parents in Mt. Lebanon to Dormont for Mineo's pizza. I was so skinny that Carol's dad nicknamed me "Bones". Oh for the day,right? I love Mineo's and also Mac and Manco on the boardwalk in OC,New Jersey. Anyway have some of that good stuff and praise the Lord .
I'm ironing shirts getting the man ready to go to India. It's 100 degrees there almost anywhere You go so I brought out all the short sleeve shirts I could find. Love to You guys. MJB &JB
Hi Gloria and Jim,
We're so glad you are home! We've never had Mineo's. I wish we'd known before the move... I think we're out of time to get any. Ah well... We've been quite busy preparing for the big move which looks like it will be at the end of the month. We would like to see you before we go if that works for you. Brian might even have a new poem or maybe even a serenade for Jim. LOL
I'm going to agree with all the other posts on here: be your wonderful self, real and honest. I love the way God made you and how he's working in you. You've helped me be closer to him, just by "listening" to you hash it all out. That's healthy and I need to do that more. And you've helped me be more at peace with God and my life.
We have a new address in Richmond which I will give you when the time comes.
Love,
Amy (for the Smiths)
Amy, we would love to see you guys before you leave. I've helped you with the Lord????For real. Come on "windows." You've helped me to become closer to Him, too. I so wanted to be in your cell group to glean more from you. I loved your Thanksgiving "I thank God for broken windows." I loved your "people are giving the best they have" and you constant encouragement and gentleness as we rang bells together. I will SO MISS YOU. And I don't even fully know you yet. Now I'm crying.
And Jim...yep, he'll miss Brian's poems. ;) And I will miss your beautiful children.
So, how far will you be from Bethesda MD? I would e-mail you, but I'm on a new computer, and I don't have my e-mails together yet. Did you sell your house?
I love you Amy. Call.
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