As always so pertinent to the situation we all find ourselves in right now. My boys did the pinewood derby as well and I was the one who helped them build their cars (I'm the handy one in the family...my husband is all thumbs when it comes to things like this!). We even bought kits for my girls since they were interested as well. They…
As always so pertinent to the situation we all find ourselves in right now. My boys did the pinewood derby as well and I was the one who helped them build their cars (I'm the handy one in the family...my husband is all thumbs when it comes to things like this!). We even bought kits for my girls since they were interested as well. They never did win but they had fun trying!
So glad my boys got to participate in all of that when they were young b/c they never would've if they were alive during this time...or, who knows, maybe I would've succumbed to the covid mania if I lived in the States and had it pushed at me 24/7. I'll never know but it does bring to mind something my mom said to me before we moved. She was a very religious person who's life reflected the depths of her faith. She said to me that she thought the reason we were being moved across the ocean and away from all we knew and loved was to save us from something huge that would affect the United States in the future...I mentioned this to my husband at the time and he just laughed and said it seems very heartless that we would be saved and not the rest of my family or our neighbors or friends. I must admit that I was kind of thinking the same thing until I remembered what she had said just recently and thought that maybe this was what we were being saved from? I don't know and won't know till I reach those pearly gates myself but hope that she's looking down on us and praying that we remain strong and safe during these screwed up times...
Exactly! Thank you for that reminder of my responsibility! It is easy to mouth such platitudes but takes courage and fortitude to actually walk that path.
God always seems to know what I need to hear and when I need to hear it...thanks for being His conduit to me today :)
And yes, my mom was a very special person. We lost her last September to a massive stroke/heart attack that I am sure were b/c of the death shots. She was in an assisted care facility b/c her dementia took a turn for the worse after my dad's death two years previously. If I had been in the States at the time I hope I would've moved her in with me instead of sending her to the facility but I have a feeling my siblings (who all lived in the same state as she did) would've have objected b/c I lived so far away from them so they wouldn't be able to see her as frequently as they could... She had to take the shots as a condition of living there so, even though she got Covid and had zero symptoms (go figure) they still gave her all the shots and boosters as required...
As always so pertinent to the situation we all find ourselves in right now. My boys did the pinewood derby as well and I was the one who helped them build their cars (I'm the handy one in the family...my husband is all thumbs when it comes to things like this!). We even bought kits for my girls since they were interested as well. They never did win but they had fun trying!
So glad my boys got to participate in all of that when they were young b/c they never would've if they were alive during this time...or, who knows, maybe I would've succumbed to the covid mania if I lived in the States and had it pushed at me 24/7. I'll never know but it does bring to mind something my mom said to me before we moved. She was a very religious person who's life reflected the depths of her faith. She said to me that she thought the reason we were being moved across the ocean and away from all we knew and loved was to save us from something huge that would affect the United States in the future...I mentioned this to my husband at the time and he just laughed and said it seems very heartless that we would be saved and not the rest of my family or our neighbors or friends. I must admit that I was kind of thinking the same thing until I remembered what she had said just recently and thought that maybe this was what we were being saved from? I don't know and won't know till I reach those pearly gates myself but hope that she's looking down on us and praying that we remain strong and safe during these screwed up times...
A mother's prayers can be very efficacious given her state of grace.
Parents have the responsibility to get their spouses and children into heaven, not their neighbors and friends.
You are fortunate to have had such a mother.
Exactly! Thank you for that reminder of my responsibility! It is easy to mouth such platitudes but takes courage and fortitude to actually walk that path.
God always seems to know what I need to hear and when I need to hear it...thanks for being His conduit to me today :)
And yes, my mom was a very special person. We lost her last September to a massive stroke/heart attack that I am sure were b/c of the death shots. She was in an assisted care facility b/c her dementia took a turn for the worse after my dad's death two years previously. If I had been in the States at the time I hope I would've moved her in with me instead of sending her to the facility but I have a feeling my siblings (who all lived in the same state as she did) would've have objected b/c I lived so far away from them so they wouldn't be able to see her as frequently as they could... She had to take the shots as a condition of living there so, even though she got Covid and had zero symptoms (go figure) they still gave her all the shots and boosters as required...