BOTT thoughts

I entered my BOTT blog post on our kq website.  If you have a minute, go to www.kingdomquestministries.com to post your thoughts and reactions to BOTT 09.

Hope everyone recovers with a minimum of effort....:-)

Diversification

Hmmmm.

Not really sure how it's all going to work.

I'm getting so confused.

Twitter, Facebook, blogging, maintaining a website....trying to climb out of one's shell is a long, arduous process and requires much effort! I'm trying, I'm trying.....

However....for my wonderful friends who do read my ramblings (sporadic though they may be!) I need to inform you that I am now diversifying. Sigh. Yes, afraid so.

Shock Life at The Homeplace will still be out here to share the sorrows and joys of family life in our crazy house. However, I now have a blog connected to our website (kingdomquestministries.com) upon which I will post the ministry news and views and happenings. So...come on over when you get a chance and say "hi."

And have patience with me. This is work!

mbs

Friends

Last night, a milestone birthday of a friend brought together a group of us who have known each other for years but whose roads have diverged and the paths now very seldom cross.  What a wonderful time it was.  Lots of laughter, lots of reflection and reminiscing, lots of thankfulness for our connection…

As the laughter rang around the table, we talked about good times and some of the times we would rather forget.  We talked about how confused we are over where the years have gone and a little of the fear of how fast time is passing.  We talked about all the elements that had made our lives sweet.  The group was as varied and diverse as the foliage in the forest, but the diversity wasn’t even considered as we mused about the past and laughed over the present and wondered about the future. 

We realized that what had drawn us together in the first place was being so often together at the same events throughout our youth and early adulthood.  But somewhere through the years we had shared this one’s worry over a child, or shared this one’s sorrow over a death, or shared this one’s sorrow over a family trial.  And we realized that somewhere along the way the commonality of the same events that had first drawn us together had given way to a deeper bond of love that time nor distance nor diverging paths would ever break.

At the head of the table, T F Tenney smiled as someone quoted what he often says:  “You can make old ‘new friends’, but you can’t make new ‘old friends’.”

Moms Just Know

What a wonderful day!  Rain pouring (I LOVE that), lots of "in the house" stuff to do, no company, the whole family home...a rare blessed day indeed.  

Terry was ending his fast today, so I decided that I would make some homemade chicken noodle soup.  It's a favorite of our whole family, especially on a day like today.  Kendra woke up (late!) and meandered downstairs and into the kitchen.  She came back to where I was in the den and was overjoyed that we were having homemade chicken noodle soup.  Our kitchen and den are totally separated~~you can't see from one room into the other~~and the exchange below is what followed:

Kendra (wandering back into the kitchen):  Mom, can I taste the soup?

Me:  No.

Kendra:  Why?

Me:  It isn't quite ready.  It needs about 20 more minutes.

Kendra:  Oh.  Okay.  (silence)

Me:  Kendra?  Are you into the soup?

Kendra:  No.  (silence for about 10 seconds)

Kendra: (giggling this time)  How in the world did you know?

Me:  Moms just know!

Kendra:  But how?

Me:  They have kids and it just happens.

So I send a message to all kids out there.  Moms just know.  They always know.  Don't ever doubt it and don't forget it.