Pastor Mac died this afternoon. He died in his sleep and was, thankfully, free of pain.

Rest in peace, my dear friend and "grandfather".

1.) Pastor Mac has been moved to Hospice House. As Millie told one of the ladies who came to visit them, they've both been ready to go Home for quite a while now. I admire her and envy her faith and peace. I'm not ready to let go of either of them just yet. Selfish of me, I know ( Read more... )

( WARNING: I am sick as a dog. Read at your own peril. )

But I will try.

WARNING: This is NOT open for a theology debate. Period. If anyone starts such a debate here, they will immediately be banned. No exceptions. This isn't the time or place for it. This is about me remembering someone very important to me.
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Make up your bloody mind, would ya?

I have my "nieces" (Amira and Holly) until mid July. Ages 12 and 10 respectively. Yes, I am thrilled to pieces because I missed them like crazy. But, if anyone thinks 2 pre-teen girls are *easy* to take care of, boy can I prove them wrong. Especially when one of the requires a lot of care. (Amira, as some of you know, is a leukemia survivor, and is ( Read more... )

Watching from my front yard as the space shuttles go up. That is truly an awesome sight I will never, EVER get tired of ( Read more... )

( Settlin' )

Don't leave me messages designed to throw me on a guilt trip for not being online much lately. Especially when I was the last one to send a message only to have it go unanswered. Also especially when you know my life has been hectic (to put it mildly) lately.

Not. Cool.

In other news... I saw Kenny Chesney (with a special appearance by Uncle ( Read more... )

I don't want you all to fall and hurt yourselves.

I have a date Thursday night.

A real date. One that involves dinner and movies and him coming to pick me up and all that stuff.

We'll see how it goes, but I am not holding out hope. Every time I do, it comes back to bite me in the ass. He's nice and funny and seems fairly normal. All of which ( Read more... )