In the quiet....

Early in the morning has always been my favorite time of day.  From the time that I was a very young child,  I can remember getting up early.  This was my time.  I love being with people, but there is something about my own time to prepare for the day and gather my thoughts.   It is my own twist on my mother's tendency to sit up all night doing whatever...she is an all-nighter and I am a super early riser. Both of us seek the same thing....quiet and time alone. 

I would rise just as the tv began to change from the test screen to the National Anthem.  I remember slicing up potatoes and frying them in grease with onions and eating them with ketchup.  I remember watching PTL Club on tv and knowing all about Jim and Tammie Faye Baker before their scandal.  I never felt drawn to sending them any money, but I did think it was funny to watch her cry so much.  I do not remember anything else about the morning routine but this, but I remember this pretty well.

As a young mother, my mornings were very different.  Babies, toddlers, diapers, and bottles...so much for quiet time.  The kids got older and the mornings got quiet again.  They reached an age where they enjoyed sleeping in and my mornings were my own again. 

You might be wondering where Kyle fits into my quiet morning time.  He doesn't.  He loves to sleep, doesn't ever get enough sleep, and gets up when I wake him- rarely spontaneously.  He is a 'middle of the day' kind of guy.  Not great at late nights, not too much for early mornings.  He works his best in the late morning or early afternoon .  That works for us!  I am the morning shift, he works the afternoon shift, and I guess now Grandma covers the night shift at our house.  :-)

I would like to say that I spend most of my morning quiet time in total bible study or fervent prayer.  I would like to say that I ran 5 miles a couple of miles during that time.  I would love to say that I did online courses and furthered my education during that quiet time.  I cannot claim any of that actvity.  Here is how it usually goes instead:  up with the puppies to take them out, run bath water, grab some breakfast, take a bath, play around on Facebook, wake Hannah up, get ready for work and out the door.  Nothing too productive, but it is relaxing.  It is time without the pressure (just for a bit)  of work or my phone.  Time before patients need to be seen and evaluations need to be put into the computer.  My time, as much as any time is mine. 

I need this time- with the schedule I keep, it is the only quiet time I get.  This week has been no exception.  Every night this week, gone for hours attending one event after another.  As busy as it is though, I love it.  I don't do idle well, apparently.  In the quiet of the mornings, though...I try.

Be blessed!

I wonder if they know....

I have come to really wonder about people.  I know society has changed alot and that children aren't raised like they were 50 years ago, but what is the  deal? I wonder if they know how they look and sound sometimes.   Here are some of the things I have seen that baffle me.  Maybe you will be able to relate to one or more.

• Why do grown women need to take pictures with so much cleavage showing?  Not attractive...especially when you are already married and over 30.
• Do you realize what LMAO means?  Would you say that out loud....in front of your boss or mother?  Try using  LOL or LMBO instead.  Same idea, better for kids to read.
• In the workplace, do you realize the poor impression you make when you use foul language?  Anyone can use 4 letter words....be more creative.
• Have you realized yet that character is invaluable?  Develop it.  I have come to know several young adults that have so much of it and I am excited for their futures.  I know too many adults that have so little and their lives reflect this.  Try hard to be a good person and do the right things.  People are looking and habits are being developed.
• Who says you have to wait until you are  30 to get married?  Who says you have to marry the minute you graduate from college?  Whose business is it anyway when you make that choice?  If you have the Holy Spirit living in you...if you are a believer...God will provide the person and the time for you to meet that person if it is His will for you to marry.  I feel so much pressure for those single young women I know to do things on society's timetable.  Not ok...we are all designed differently.  God's path for each of us is different.
• In sporting competitions,  there are two types of people.  Those that have been molded into great atheletes with integrity and character and everyone else.  Good coaches teach students to honor the game and the other players.  Shake hands with the competition before and after a game.  If a player is hurt, take a knee and be quiet.  If you score, don't act like you just won the Super Bowl.  This is high school.  No one is as impressed as you are with yourself.
• Has anyone ever told you that confidence and cockiness are not the same thing?  Strength and confidence are attractive and magnetic.  Being cocky is quite the turn off for most people.  And do NOT refer to yourself in the 3rd person!!  
• Do you realize that gossip is like poison?  Be so careful as you share.  You do not know who may hear you , who they know,  if they will repeat it, or if it will be heard with the same feeling it was said.  Our tongues are so hurtful at times!

I think this is enough of a list for one night.  Feel free to discuss....
Be Blessed!!