It's been a while blog world....sorry about that. Since I've last written, it's been bitterly cold and then a brief battle with a stomach bug last week (feeling so much better now). That's about it....no, not really. Let's start at the top. We did go see a few high school basketball games-one a Frontier girl's game on which our mini-farm helper plays and then a Delphi boys game at which Ben sang the National Anthem. He did pretty good. ;-) The Delphi vs Carroll game was pretty intense, almost felt like a PU vs IU game. Amie and I have been attending a women's Bible study on Thursday mornings about defending our faith, a class on apologetics. Great reminders to be a faithful student of the Word and be ready with an answer always. It has also made us more aware in our everyday life of how on guard we must be, to be steadfast in Him, to not give in to the world and their ideals. While our morals and values may be different, we don't need to give in to be tolerant. Tolerance has taken on a whole new meaning in this day and age....it does not mean what it originally meant. I don't need to agree with you, I don't need to think that what you believe is right, but we can agree to disagree respectfully. But I digress as that is probably another subject for another post.
Last week I woke up Wednesday morning feeling, oh, horrible. No fever thankfully. Just a 24-36 hour stomach bug that left me feeling wasted and useless for a few days. Glad that's over. I don't get sick often thankfully.
Amie and I have spent this week getting our "ponies"-Tuni and Anthony-ready for lessons on Saturday. We've ridden them, bathed them, clipped their legs, trimmed their bridle paths, pulled their manes, and even let them....gasp.....stay in stalls! I'm sure they have appreciated it and we appreciate it even more. It's really muddy outside and it takes too much time to groom them. Even if they don't behave well Saturday, at least they'll look good!
Today was valentine's day, a so called "holiday". It's not so much that I haven't had a valentine for the past 32 years but why do we market this one day where you're supposed to show someone you love how much you love them. The people in my life that I love, know that I love them because I show them every single time I'm around them. I don't need one day to do that when I try to do it the other 364 days out of the year. And why a day to remind those who are single that they are? I do love being single and I am not ready to give up my freedom yet, but I also can't control my thoughts 100% of the time and I do struggle, on occasion, with wondering if there is someone out there who will love me in that manner. I know I'm loved by friends and family but you know the love I'm talking about. Will that guy ever find me attractive (and I'm not talking physically necessarily because I don't place much value on that) enough to want to spend the rest of his life with me? I don't struggle often but V-day is a great reminder and it means I have to control my thoughts a little bit harder. But I do go back to the fact that I love my life and I love my singleness. I am happy and content as much as I can be and while I may never get a rose or a card or a date on Valentine's day, I have lots of people I can show love to each and every day and I have ONE who love me so much that He gave His life for me. And He shows me every day of my life how I'm a child of His.
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