31 Things About Me

And so I thought... I may as well put it in a blog. Why just have it on facebook?

1. I am a night person through and through. No matter how much I try to reverse it, I always feel better being up at night and sleeping during the day.

2. I'm a black and white thinker in a grey world. This causes me much stress, stress that is either black or white, I might add. LOL

3. There's no place like home... I just don't know where that is. Being 'rootless' is a chore. (see #2) haha

4. I'd sooner ask a complete stranger for help than someone I know. I think it's because I believe people keep score. Not sure where I came to believe it, but that is most likely why.

5. If I had three wishes I would most likely waste two of them on stupid things like money or security of some sort. But the FIRST wish would be to walk in God's shadow always. I'd like to think I could walk in His light, but I am sure it would be too bright for me. Besides... there is something comforting about the warmth and darkness of the shadow. It's an old feeling that fits just right.

6. I'm all about respect. It seems to be an old fashioned notion in a new-fangled world and that's a shame.

7. I'd love to have gossamer wings for one day and fly above the trees to see life in a different perspective.

8. Just once I would like to know that I am perfect just as I am. I get glimpses now and then, but oh how fleeting those moments are. I'd like it to be a feeling that would last for hours so I could feel it to the marrow.

9. If I could be with anyone living or dead for just one day I would have to say it would be Jesus. I'd like to know how someone could deny Him or 'forget' about Him. I know the apostles did... I'd just like to know HOW that could happen. But then I wonder... could I live with knowing I did after the fact?

10. I love reds and golds and deep, dark greens. All the other colors have their place, yes, but I love the warm colors.

11. Daisies are my favorite flower.

12. The older I get the more I realize that life is so very precious. It isn't about what I can accumulate any more. It's about what I can accomplish. There is so little time to do all I want to do.

13. Except for white, there isn't a chocolate that I don't love.

14. For every prayer I have uttered there are 100 I should have said.

15. I was a mess until I found God. Funny thing about it was that He wasn't lost, I was. Even now though I can still turn my life into a rope and pony show. The difference is that I know I am not alone any more.

16. What if I woke up one day and I wasn't really awake? Like maybe I was in a coma or had Alzheimer's? Would I know? Could I tell that things were different for me? I wonder about such things.

17. I love most people most of the time. I just don't like some of them. That makes me feel strange sometimes... like I'm a bad person or something. I try and I pray on it. Maybe I'm not as bad about it as I think I am. I am my own worst critic after all.

18. Where exhilaration meets danger... I like that place. I've always wanted to jump out of an airplane or drive waaaaaaay too fast.

19. I'd like to think of myself as 'informed woman of the world.' But deep down I know I am a scared little girl just wishing everyone would like me and accept me. How human huh?

20. I always wondered why Frank L. Baum chose flying monkeys for the servants of the Wicked Witch of the West. As a kid they scared me. As an adult I think he may have had some serious issues. LOL As a writer I can only hope to measure up to that.

21. When I'm in that stage just before I actually fall asleep, I sometimes feel as though I fell out of bed and then just got right back on it. But it's a quick action that takes less than half a second. It always gives me a start and makes my heart race.

22. I believe that if the warmth and love that is found between Thanksgiving and Christmas was reversed to the time span between Christmas and Thanksgiving that this would be a better world to live in.

23. I can spell the alphabet backwards faster than I can frontwards.

24. My favorite car is the 1957 Buick Roadmaster Convertible. Call me crazy, but that's when cars were cars and not cookie cutter shoeboxes.

25. Music, children and animals are the things that consistently drive me to tears.

26. My experiences have not been my best teachers. They have been my ONLY teachers.

27. Physics says what goes up must come down. I find that doesn't apply to age and weight.

28. When I am gone I want to be remembered for being kind.

29. When I can define a feeling as fear, I know it is the very thing I MUST face and challenge.

30. Laughter is a great healer. I love to laugh and do so every chance I get... but never at someone else's expense.

31. My name is Sally Rose and the most important thing I could ever say about me is that I AM A CHILD OF GOD.

　

Donut Falls

Quiet time at the homestead. I like that time. The sun just came up and the fog has burned off. The birds are bantering about something or another. And I see the cats chasing butterflies, fruitlessly but persistently.

Grace hasn't spoken a word. I'm somewhat relieved. I suppose if she had something important to divulge she would. But for now we just sit and quietly gaze at the coming day with all its promise.

I found this picture of one of your awesome creations, God. Donut Falls it is appropriately named. And my mind wanders. "I'd like it better if it was donuts fall." (I think I'm hungry, huh?) The only thing better than the picture would be to actually be there when dawn arrives.

Ahhh, the things I think about when I am in the presence of Grace. Thank you for listening, God. Talk to you later. Have a Great Day. I sure will.

Just Checking In

Good Evening, God.

I've been thinking a lot lately, but then you know that. Sitting with Grace does that. And it never ceases to amaze me how the mind works.

I was just outside on the porch. It was raining softly and there was a slight breeze finding its way through the leaves on the trees. I looked down and saw the kittens peacefully dreaming their little kitty dreams. One's foot twitched as it chased a butterfly or mouse. Another was coming awake from hearing me out there.

Then I could hear the rain coming down a little harder. There seemed to be a rhythm to it. I thought, "No, it's just your imagination." But I wasn't entirely convinced that it was imaginary.

Suddenly a pretty brisk gust of wind came through the screen and along with it came a few drops of rain. When it settled on the cats they flew out of the box. I couldn't help but laugh, but they sure didn't think it was funny.

And then the thought generator kicked in so I became consumed by the process.

I called each one by name. Nothing. So I tried again and again. Nothing. I spoke out loud to them, "Why you ungrateful clumps of fur! Only yesterday you were snatched from the brink of homelessness and this is how repay me?" Nothing. (Yesterday the other six were taken to the shelter. Nine was just too many.)

So tell me, God, why do cats ignore us? It's like talking to a post. I suppose I will never have an answer to that, but seeing I was talking to you I thought I would ask.

And by the way, do ants sleep? The reason I ask is that at 2AM they were busy working on trying to move one piece of cat food that the furballs missed. There must have been 100 of them pushing and pulling. I made sure to steer clear of them after what happened not too long ago. Oh yeah, and while I'm thinking of it - Thanks for sending that angel when I was bitten by those fire ants. He told me to use meat tenderizer on them and the stinging would go away. Sure enough, it worked! I have to tell you though, I felt really stupid applying it.

As I was reminiscing about that a bolt of lightning skidded helter-skelter across the sky. I waited for the thunder but it was pretty far away. And that got me thinking even more.

You made the rainbow curve in a perfect arc. You could have made it any shape you wanted. Why did you pick the circular shape? Is it a subtle message that you can get there from here? That maybe it's not a straight line, but it's doable? I don't know.

The way my life has been I would think a promise coming from you would come in that zig-zag pattern of lightning like Ws strung together like this... WWWWWWWW. Or maybe a spiral - how symbolic is that? It would seem more accurate.

But then you are the Creator and I am just an innocent bystander in awe. I have to say though, the arc is pleasing to the eye, not to mention easier for school children to draw. I'm sure you know more than I do. I just don't really want to think about curvature of the earth and light refraction. That takes all the wonder out of it.

And speaking of awe and wonder, I saw some pictures about scientists who have created cube-shaped watermelons. The article mentioned that they were easier to transport and store due to the fact that they don't roll around. They also 'created' heart and pyramid-shaped ones too. They ARE interesting, but it just doesn't seem right that someone spliced the genes or fooled around with the DNA. To me DNA stands for Do Not Adapt. Who are we to be rearranging anything you create?

Just then another breeze came in and when I looked for the kittens they had moved to the top of the workbench out of the rain's reach. I saw the leaves moving to and fro. Some have changed colors and will soon drop to the ground. In the Spring they will replaced with new ones. Is that why so many babies are born? Because the older people keep dying? That sure makes sense to me. Maybe it's as simple as you are not done creating yet. What would I know?

Well, that's about it from me for now. Just thought I would check in with you and tell you how grateful I am for my life straightening out a bit. It was nip and tuck for a while. But even then, YOU knew better. I just wish I was better at this faith thing. So do you think you could help me out with that? I'll be checking in with you again real soon, God. Take care of all my friends. Thanks... You are an Awesome God... You make me smile.

So I Don't Dance

As I dance merrily down the road of life it is comforting to know that I am in the fold, a child of God.

OK, so I don't dance, I shuffle. And maybe sometimes I grudgingly trudge the road of happy destiny.

But it is days like this that I know I am a Child of God. I don't have to question that. Yet still I pinch myself wondering if I am truly awake. Could this possibly be true? Time will tell. It always does.

And though I mutter and moan, and stutter and groan, it is always an epiphany to me when You come to take me by the hand, God, and let me know that, indeed, You were listening the whole time... not only to my prayers, but to those that were lifted up on my behalf by others.

Re-energized and hopeful I say, "Let the adventure begin!" I will go where you point me. Please forgive my doubts. How truly Great Thou Art...

Into the Darkness

I look back over my shoulder and feel as though I am walking into the darkness.

I rely on all those old sayings I have heard over the years. The one that comes to mind is, "Feelings are feelings, feelings aren't facts."

And EVEN THOUGH (just for you, Bebe, haha) I feel like I am going to a dark place, it doesn't necessarily make it so. I am a person with choices. And those choices are the power I can draw on when the darkness seems to be closing in.

Oh, I can let it happen all right! But it doesn't mean I HAVE to, thanks to one-liners and supportive people in my life.

Once again, God, Thanks for listening. I am blessed.