Well we just returned from France, tomorrow is my last day of work (yeah!) and our baby is doing fine...
In other news - the Dream Act was not approved in the Senate... this makes me very sad. VERY sad. I am sure that the U.S. policies will be listed against us on the day of judgement. Okay maybe I shouldn't be SO extreme... but to deny children who were truly obeying their parents! Where is the motivation help us youth workers have now for these youth we work with who would have been covered by this Act? Two years of college they would need to complete... Citizenship is motivating!

God IS Good...

I have a great number of friends who don't really think so... They have been hurt - BIG time! And they blame God... and you know something? I can't blame them one bit. It seems like for all intensive purposes things went the wrong way and no-one is to blame.
And then there are times when things go REALLY well. Who do we attribute that to? The stock market? world economies? my boss? it was just a good day?
I'd like to think that even in the good times and when we experience the good things - it too is God. He gets pinned with the bad - why not the good too?

Lately I have had allot to be thankful for!
Scott and I are expecting a little boy in December! We just bought a new home - right across the street - and around 13% less then what was originally asked for. These things are HUGE - life changing actually! I am very excited about both.
There are small things, too! The house was built in the past 10 years - so no HUGE remodels. Friends have been giving us their slightly used baby furniture and toys. We had loads of help moving out of our 3rd story apt.

And then there are the lessons I know I have had on my "to-do list" for a lifetime and now they are coming up: My inability to take it easy, my need to always be moving around. These are slightly the same... okay maybe they are completely the same!
Moving has brought this issue out in glaring ways... as has my brand new cankles! Yes the joys of pregnancy! But that should just be a sign to me to - take it easy.
Everyone is saying - relax, take it easy, etc. And it is hard to hear. It is not inherent to sit. I want to walk - do - be busy. I think my first lesson in Motherhood maybe this one.
Taking care of baby C-Mc at this present time means to stop. Take more naps. Work a little less. Breathe deeply more. Read another book.
Belly/House picture in the next issue!

While I don't blog as often as I'd like to - I do read quite a few blogs of note.

Many of the ones I read - you probably do too.

One that caught my attention the other day on the scrolling sign-in page was one entitled "Assimilated Negro" - and I thought - WHAT?

As in this will be an interesting read - if not sarcastic and light.

And it has been! Check it out for yourself.

He delves into light comedy and then into real racial stuff - some of the comments people leave make me really come to realize how far America has YET to come in terms of real reconciliation and how deep racism still is! YIKES.

My favorite of the week is featuring the comic strip about Asian Americans. That is the comic at the beginning of my blog! From "new" artist Tak Toyoshima [SecretAsianMan]

Quality humor and more...

I have been having a really BAD few days.
I realise for others my days aren't nearly NEARLY as bad as theirs...
So rather then complain I am going to do my best at Psalm 78.

God has been good!
He has blessed me with great friends who are SO excited for us when they hear my news.
He has delivered me from a really sucky job and into one where I am challenged.
He has brought my into a dark place that has been filled with light - 29 years in the making!
And the kids won't stop borrowing games!
He has blessed me with gifts and hardships that have turned into gifts.
He has blessed my rigid mouth with flexibility to pronounce difficult Spanish words.
He has given ME the pink slip to 2 cars! The gurls are thankful for that 2!
He has blessed my mom and then me with NO "ability" to get sick easily ;)
He has given me a wonderful family that is just interested in me.

WOW - now that I started I don't want to stop... that is good que no?
God IS good!