MLK DAY / What are you reading??

I am settling in front of the computer after a fun filled morning with Maddox. His daycare is closed in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. We took our time getting ready this morning. I sat around playing ball with Maddox in our PJ's and indulged in a shower at about 9am. I say indulged because shower time in the mornings are just so hard to get these days. We went a few places to pick up some things for the house and then decided to go to Pier 1. I got a gift certificate and figured since Maddox was just doing so good we would go in there to see if I could find something to add to our home. HA! Maddox was all over that store, it was like someone flicked a switch on him and I think I had gotten a dirty stare from every single person in that store. I quickly realized that I was the highlight of everyone's shopping experience and quickly picked up my kicking and laughing son in my arms and as quietly and calmly as I could, left the store. He did great at home and we enjoyed our lunch with Randy. Not too bad for a morning out, it could have been worse. :) The joys of parenthood...

Maddox is sleeping now and there is laundry to do and hopefully I will be able to start on my new book. It is called "Three Cups of Tea. One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time". If anyone has read this book before let me know what you thought of it..or just let me know the books you are reading now. I haven't had much time to read but 2008 is my year to do the things I haven't had time to do before.

This afternoon the Children's Museum locally will be having an event for MLK day and I look forward to just exposing Maddox to the basics of this powerful and inspiring man. His words really touch my heart as I know they do millions of us around the world. Sasha's blog really had some wonderful web sites and a great post about Martin Luther King. http://headinghomeagain.blogspot.com/

The other day I was working in a hospital in Winston-Salem and as I passed their chapel I heard this music just flowing out of the room. I looked over long enough to see someone motioning to me to come in. I took a seat and realized that in this room, at this point of time...30 people of all races were together to listen to beautiful music and the words of Martin Luther King Jr. His words do live on... Towards the end they started to sing "We Shall Overcome.." Not knowing a single person there we all took each others hand and lifted them up to the ceiling. There were people crying, the song and words were so powerful. After it was done I looked around at the people around me..people of all different backgrounds all together in the same place. I wondered, is this the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. wanted for us? How much more do we have to go to realize the full extent of his dream and what kind of leader do we need to get us to that point? I left filled with hope and took a piece of Martin Luther King Jr. home with me that day. He had a dream, and with that dream he changed all of us.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

The Lost Art of Blogging

How rusty my blogging skills have become over the past few months...what has been going on? I guess a lot of life.... with 2007 being full of moving to a new house, new jobs for both of us, a new car, and a very sick Maddox we had our hands full just by ourselves. It seems that now we are actually settled in I find I have the time to stay on top of laundry, dishes, and things that would seem like such a normalcy in everyday life became a BIG task in the face of doctors appointments, organizing the house, working, etc. How things can be placed in perspective now looking back. There are things that I enjoyed such as blogging about our daily lives, a way for me to vent my joys and frustrations. The ironic thing is that during our hectic time I might have benefited from blogging...if only I had the time.

Now my 27th birthday is around the corner...what a life that we are living, and what a world we are living in. Both Randy & Maddox are sleeping now. As the world lay still for a moment around me I relish in the peace that I have with me, my cup of hot peppermint tea, and the computers soft glow bouncing around the room. I might have lost the art of blogging for a few months, but I'm back.