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I am so thankful!!!
I am so thankful to have a body that is able to go any where it wants too. No I’m not 18 anymore but I am still healthy and able and I am so grateful. I never want to take it for granted. I used to and I never want to do it again. Thank you Jesus for my health.
I ran my hill today for the first time since being sick. I live at the base of the foothills leading up to the Southern Sierra Nevada. The mountains are right in my backyard. Anyway, this hill on the outskirts of town, right down the road from me, has been my training ground for 3 years now. I haven’t been up it in four months. It was quite an accomplishment for me. I felt on top of the world. I used to do a 12+ mile walk/run around it when I was doing it all the time. Some times we would do 9 miles or 6 depending on what kind of time we had for the day. Today I only did 3 miles. 1.5 up and 1.5 down. My time was 37 minutes. Not too shabby. Not as good as I would like but okay. I am thankful my body allowed me the wonderful opportunity.
I am getting ready for this weekend. The kayaking trip to yosemite. My twelve year old daughter will be joining me. It will be the two of us, my friend and her daughter, another friend and his girlfriend and her kids. It should be a blast. We will camp out Friday night, kayak and explore all day Saturday (maybe get in a small hike), camp again Saturday and then take our time heading home on Sunday. We will probably check out a few places on the way back to the valley.
I LOVE THESE TRIPS WITH MY DAUGHTER!!!!! I love passing on my passion for the outdoors to her. I love teaching her basic skills for survival and for life. You can learn so much from nature and from removing yourself from the comforts of home.
Add comment August 21, 2007
Without a pink dress!
I used this phrase in a post I wrote a few days ago and it has really stuck in my mind. It really seems to fit what it is that I am trying to do with my life. I want to show others, women especially, that you don’t have to live in a pink box, or rather dress, to be a good christian or a good mom or even a good person. I feel that people tend to get a little (okay I think they get ALOT) caught up in man made religion and rules. I think we forget what is important. What Jesus said was the most important. To love God with all your heart strength and mind and love others as yourself. You can’t love others while you are lecturing and pointing fingers. Jesus loved people. He loved them all. Especially the unlovable. We should all take a lesson from our Lord and start loving others.
I intend to prove. To myself anyway. That a women that is not domestically inclined can still be the woman God has called her to be. I don’t like to sew. Because I am terrible at it. But I can climb mountains like nobody’s business. I take my daugher with me often and I teach her how to cook and clean and take care of our environment all while helping develop character by the physical and mental challenges that hiking requires. THAT, was a long sentence! I also don’t like to cook or clean or knit or whatever. I absolutely appreciate those skills and think it is incredible what some people can make with their hands. I am terrible at almost all things domestic. So it is frustrating for me when I feel like less of a woman when I don’t excel at these things. But, there are things that I do excel at. They just aren’t the things I typically find on websites for christian women. I think those sites are wonderful. What do they offer someone like me though? I can’t seem to find sites that deal with the issues I am looking for. Being a christian and being a woman and doing it for this generation. Times have changed. I think we need to include in the christian circle the woman who does it all “WITHOUT A PINK DRESS”.
Add comment August 9, 2007
I must seem a basket case!!!
I’m sure lots of people go through this. Probably most. A period of time in your life where you just have so many questions. Who am I? Where am I going? Where does God want me to be? What do I believe in and what am I willing to do to stand up for those beliefs?
I continue to look for ways to be more gentle on the environment. I am on a mission to lessen my load. I have gotten rid of so much stuff in my home it makes my head spin. And I am only through half of two rooms. It absolutely amazes me how many possessions my family has. It is quite sobering to realize how much we have. I have reduced my dishes to four of everything. Four plates, four bowls, etc. It should cut down on dishwashing and stress. Downsizing is so great!!!! Love it Love it Love it!!!
I don’t know if anyone else does this, but here goes. I feel like when I try to live a good christian life and be a good mom and wife that I get put into a box. A pink box. By the way pink is not a color I have much of. I have been a tomboy my entire life. It is just who I am. The one thing I am sure of. I always feel like I have to live dressed a certain way or doing things a certain way to be accepted by the christian community. Atleast that is the way it is in my community. It is not so much a feeling as it really is an actual reality. People really do treat you different if you aren’t part of the club they subscribe to. Now I am not talking about sin here. Sin is sin no matter what color your dress is. I just mean that there are alot of people we “christians” could be bringing in to God if we would just rip open the boxes we live in and go jump in someone elses box with them. I think so many people get caught up in religion and what not. (my kid goes to so and so school it is just so religious) We are forgetting to love others and show Christ’s love for them. Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read and I don’t know many books I would want to read if I felt I would be judged or told I didn’t belong without a pink dress. I hope you know what I mean.
I guess all in all, my major goal through my life and this blog will be to show others that it is cool to follow Christ. He isn’t uptight and snobby. I guess sometimes bad christians happen to good people. I know they have to me. Man did they mess up my self esteem and confidence to be God’s daughter. They made it seem too hard to be loved by Him. This is something I struggle with every day. I guess because the “judging” started in my childhood. Overcoming childhood is so difficult. I thank you Jesus for this outlet you have given to me. I pray that it will bring you honor and somehow touch others for Your kingdom!!!
Add comment August 1, 2007
