Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Hello, fellow travelers, welcome!
Today is Wednesday and I'm getting closer to fine. Fine is what I call that response when people ask you how you are doing, right? "Fine." Of course, your answer might be rooted in the Indigo Girls version, which is a "whatever" response to how all of the things that shape your life confuse or condemn, and "put you in a crooked line." I know that my paths are straight (Proverbs 3:6), that I can and will suffer setbacks to build character and increase my reliance on the Lord (Romans 5:3) and that being closer to fine means I give up all my concerns and not worry (Romans 8:28). Thanks also to Walt Grayum for the kind reminder of the prophet Jeremiah, who carried these words, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV). Stay tuned.
I realized after a year that my view of myself wasn't much of a "single" parent but a "solo" parent, and no they are not the same. You can have a solo parent in a marriage, one who does everything while the partner does nothing. In my case, it was the tug of being married so long that it felt like an attachment to me. I am looking forward now to defining my "singleness" in the context of my life and relationships, while serving the Lord with all of my heart and all of my soul.
Today's Internet pick is one of my favorite sites, Crosswalk.com, and an article that dovetailed with my thinking earlier this week on being single. It's at www.crosswalk.com/community/singles/1171129.html. If you are single, check out Crosswalk's articles in their singles section.
More comment on the kids TV shows; Kerry reminded me of Dancing Bear and Grandfather Clock on Captain Kangaroo, Kyle reminded me of the name of the space ship that Major Mudd supposedly flew in on (the Nervous One), Sarah told me about her Romper Room experience in Cincinatti, and Samantha elucidated about Frank Avruch, the Boston "Man-About-Town" and TV personality, for many years hosting movie programs but having a prior life as Bozo the Clown on Boston TV. So, there is life after clowning, and we do wonder what size Frank's shoes really are now. And if you think Bozo is some nonsense from the past, the big-haired (was he from Johnston? Only Rhode Islanders know for sure) is sure popular in South America. If you read Spanish (or is is Portuguese, or even if you don't, check out Bozo Maniaco. They even have a page about Frank.
Bub-bye!
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Today is Wednesday and I'm getting closer to fine. Fine is what I call that response when people ask you how you are doing, right? "Fine." Of course, your answer might be rooted in the Indigo Girls version, which is a "whatever" response to how all of the things that shape your life confuse or condemn, and "put you in a crooked line." I know that my paths are straight (Proverbs 3:6), that I can and will suffer setbacks to build character and increase my reliance on the Lord (Romans 5:3) and that being closer to fine means I give up all my concerns and not worry (Romans 8:28). Thanks also to Walt Grayum for the kind reminder of the prophet Jeremiah, who carried these words, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11, NIV). Stay tuned.
I realized after a year that my view of myself wasn't much of a "single" parent but a "solo" parent, and no they are not the same. You can have a solo parent in a marriage, one who does everything while the partner does nothing. In my case, it was the tug of being married so long that it felt like an attachment to me. I am looking forward now to defining my "singleness" in the context of my life and relationships, while serving the Lord with all of my heart and all of my soul.
Today's Internet pick is one of my favorite sites, Crosswalk.com, and an article that dovetailed with my thinking earlier this week on being single. It's at www.crosswalk.com/community/singles/1171129.html. If you are single, check out Crosswalk's articles in their singles section.
More comment on the kids TV shows; Kerry reminded me of Dancing Bear and Grandfather Clock on Captain Kangaroo, Kyle reminded me of the name of the space ship that Major Mudd supposedly flew in on (the Nervous One), Sarah told me about her Romper Room experience in Cincinatti, and Samantha elucidated about Frank Avruch, the Boston "Man-About-Town" and TV personality, for many years hosting movie programs but having a prior life as Bozo the Clown on Boston TV. So, there is life after clowning, and we do wonder what size Frank's shoes really are now. And if you think Bozo is some nonsense from the past, the big-haired (was he from Johnston? Only Rhode Islanders know for sure) is sure popular in South America. If you read Spanish (or is is Portuguese, or even if you don't, check out Bozo Maniaco. They even have a page about Frank.
Bub-bye!
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