just because

Today is prolly the last day i will spend with my poor little puppy. this day has happened before and then mom has chickened out when going to the vet and always brought home more medication to give him one more chance at getting better. he always has gotten better too but now because of his extra dose of insulin we had to give him to try to improve his condition he has turned completely blind. my mom prayed for a sign and she has said this is her sign. so i am quite sure that if the vet is available tomorrow he will no longer be with us. i am not a big animal lover. not like my mom and sisters, but there is something about living with a dog for ten years in your house that makes him feel like part of the family. i know there are many things i wont miss bout him but there are also many things i will. however while watching him walk around and bump into things has been rather amusing it also makes me really sad and all i want to do is carry him to his destination. which is really qu...

Recently I have been thinking a lot about the story of David and Goliath in the Bible. Maybe it is because of my recent obsession with the Mark Lowry song, "Too Big to Miss" or maybe it is because i just recently read the story in my daily Bible readings. Have you ever thought about what it would have been like to be David that day? When i think of the story i often think of the work, courage. David had a lot of courage! He also had faith. He felt God's call and he went for it. We dont read that he hesitated even though I imagine there were a few thoughts going through his head, but even though people laughed at him and told him he was insane, he still went for it. He won a battle that day with one small stone. He of course couldnt have done it with out the Lord's help. The  lesson Mark Lowry draws from this story is taking the challenges in our life and remembering that we dont have to face them on our own. This always challenges me. As youth, I think we all kind o...

so one thing that God has blessed me with is many wonderful, awesome, super cool cousins! on both my martin and my kramer side. i have so many, many memories with them growing up. we could sit  in a circle with various ages and just laugh  and laugh and laugh. some of my best times were with my cousins. however since it would take a really long time to write a blog about all 50 of them individually, i wont. :) this blog however is dedicated to one of the best ones i got. one that the times we have spent together probably out weigh the times we havnt been together. his name is rickster! so ricky and I have always lived two minutes walking distance from eachother. i dont remember what the earliest memory i have of him is. but i do remember doing kidergarten with him and trent. then once we went to real school we started to have play dates after school. they were usually once a week. sometimes more. we would meet at the driving shed right after we had eaten our after school...