Make a Difference

If you get a chance, rent this movie at the video store. It is a movie about making a difference. It is about allowing your voice to rise above the voices that make the decisions and stating what you truly believe.

Rent it and let me know what you think! Laura

Healing in Hopefulness

What is the “key” to happiness?
In my book, it is being hopeful. I have heard several people; specifically, friends/other ministers mention this word “hope” in the past few weeks and how important “hope” is for the human soul.
Hope is one of the three things that the NT Bible tells us are important.
(Faith, Hope, and Love) I notice that hope is in the middle. Hope somehow links faith and love.

“Hope” What do we all hope for in this life?
-Some hope for bread to fill their empty stomachs
-Some hope for an end of war
-Some, hope for personal peace, family and the loving touch of another person
-Some, hope for the end of terror of drugs, alcohol, abuse, or some other torment
-Some, hope for a spiritual peace
-Some, hope for a chance to have a voice
I am sure that there are many other things that are being hoped for that I cannot even imagine

I hope that when I finish seminary that God will give me an opportunity to do something helpful and hopeful with my education. I pray that humanity will benefit from what I have been doing the past ten years.

Hope does take mental and spiritual determination in something one cannot see. I hope that each of you will have renewed hope in the midst of all that you do.

Jones'in for a Romance Movie!

Yes, I dragged Howard to see "Walk the Line" today!!! I knew that there was going to be a lot of the messy-life stuff, but there really was a great love story in there. If you need a romance movie, this is really good. It is not a light movie or a chic flick, but it is a good movie about true love and real life. Thumbs up!!! Now, Howard on the otherhand went just to be a "good guy" and he gets a thumbs up too!

Mid-Life Stinks!

Mid-life is not all it is cracked up to be!!! Ha! I found this voo doo doll that describes what I feel like today!
Shall we take each mid-life issue, one-by-one??? NOT!
After the insurance company denying my surgery for gastric bypass. I have really been a pill! I know that Howard is a saint just because of his patience this past few weeks with me.
So, what is mid-life??? At this point it is to get a total physical tune up, so I can go out and make more money so I can sock it away, so I will have enough money to pay the nursing home to take care of me when I get old. (See, I told you that I was being a pill!)
Naw, it is not all that bad. I still have the teeth in my head, my own hair, my own breasts (sagging), even though I am fat, I can see my feet! Just thought you all needed a good laugh! What would your mid-life voo doo doll look like? I really don't want to hear what the males would look like!
Ha! Have fun thinking about it if you are nearing your fourties! This doll below is really what I look like, just don't tell anyone!
Laura

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!

When you grow up in lovely, cold, and winter-wonderland of Chicago... when you today hear that snow is coming the child within you just jumps for joy!
Howard is sick with the flu/cold and went to bed early. The news is saying that we are going to get some snow...
So what do I do??? I go to the grocery store and buy a bunch of goodies!!! Cookie mix, milk, juice, breakfast stuff and of course...a bunch of cold medicines for Howard.
(We did not want to forget him, eh?)
I really miss being a kid when it comes to snow. When I was a kid, my mom would bundle me up and send me out and I would play with my friends for hours in the cold snow. What great memories! I remember being bundled up so much, that I would sweat inside the layers of clothing. After getting bundled up, layer after layer, if one had to pee...one would pee! You might stay that way for hours!!! And after you went back in the house, you were as raw as hamburger meat, oh, but what fun did you have!
I hope that even if you have a small amount of snow in your area this winter season, enjoy it and have fun!
Laura