wishes for my daughter

if i could, i would wish some things for my daughter - her birthday is tomorrow - i havne't much to give her, money is so tight, but if i could, there are so many things i would wish for her. i would wish for good health - release from physical and emotional problems and for her panic attacks to cease and desist! i would wish for her and her husband to have financial blessings so they didn't have to scrimp and save. i would wish for her to have the courage to submit her writings and art work for publication and to see her dreams realized because she is so talented and under-appreciated and so afraid of rejection. i would wish her a visit from God's own Holy Spirit to whisper to her the things she needs to know and the answers to the things she struggles with about Christianity, so she could be at peace with herself,others, and with God. i would wish for her husband to have a better job or at least for his boss to appreciate him and give him a raise! i would wish for her sweet little girl to grow up as a loving,caring, joy to her parents (which i think she will anyway) but most of all, i would would wish for my daughter to know how much her parents truly love her - that yes, sometimes we feel like she is a prodigal, but that never changes our love for her which is unconditional. that we wish so much that she wouldn't shut us out when we feel we need to give our opinion, because it is never in anger, but always because as parents, we love her and wish the best for her - we know what its like to feel like you aren't measuring up to your parent's standards - heaven knows we heard it enough when she was little and always have wished we listened to the wisdom of our parents - we probably would have avoided a lot of the mistakes we made in raising her.it's hard to be in the parental seat and feel the rejection of what we know to be wisdom. i know in my heart she will grow past these things, but i wish it wouldn't take so long! i wish she could understand that even in her "rebellion" (which at least is how i think she views herself)we know she is an awesome woman with tremendous potential, but that sometimes she blunts that potential with her own pride.
these are the things i would wish

Goin to see Smitty

WOO HOO! I have been blessed! Michael W. Smith, Selah and Watermark are doing a concert near here tonight - I had wanted to go - I really did, but the tickets were just too steep. So, I planned to work the concert selling t-shirts like I did for Steven Curtis Chapman - but this time the Pepsi Arena wants to use their own people, so I was out of luck. Apparently, God saw fit to have someone bless me with a ticket last night! I am SO excited - I am going with Sonya, Kathy, Mary and Norma - a bunch of old ladies looking to have a good time!!! Well, maybe Sonya isn't old, but the rest of us are getting up there! At any rate, I have a box seat with Norma - can't wait!
On the home front, Spence is waiting to see what his grades are going to be - his Psych professor emailed him a really nice letter yesterday telling him what a pleasure he was to have in class with his "sunny disposition" and that he would like to keep in touch. He also told him if he ever needed a recommendation to let him know. Nice guy - a Canuck too - though he became an American citizen this year.
I expect he will end up with anywhere from a 3.6-4.0 cum this semester. Christine brought all her art projects here to photograph them before she got rid of the bulk of them - our trash can is full!!!!!
The other excitement yesterday was the BAT on our back porch - just a tiny little thing stuck to the top of our porch ceiling trying desparately to sleep with all the door opening and closings - he isn't back today - guess he wised up! I spent the day planting flowers that are okay in cool weather - need to wait till next week to do the rest

Well, Tiff is off to Europe once again - that girl sure does love to travel - wonder where she gets it from LOL! Going to the airport was a trip in itself - i knew that she had booked her flight for one part from JFK and one part from Newark, but I had them backwards and for some unknown reason never asked her to double check - so I booked a hotel for Kennedy and we were on our way down when I innocently asked - "You are flying out of JFK?" - "Am I?" (or something to that effect - aaaaccccckkkk! She looked at her flight info and it was Newark - we had to get off the thruway and call to cancel our hotel (which they graciously did after I cried - it being mother's day and all) and then figure out a. how to get to newark and b. where i was going to find a hotel! well, after some harrowing lane changes, we did find our wway to a flea bag motel in the ghetto. Tiff sat up and watched Elvis movies while I tried to sleep - I think we both slept from about 3-4 am, then we went to the airport, I dropped her off and went back to sleep. I am just glad to be home - having been away for the better part of the last 2 weeks, its nice to be in my own bed again.
Rock on Tiff!

And she's off......

Well, Tiff is off to Europe once again - that girl sure does love to travel - wonder where she gets it from LOL! Going to the airport was a trip in itself - i knew that she had booked her flight for one part from JFK and one part from Newark, but I had them backwards and for some unknown reason never asked her to double check - so I booked a hotel for Kennedy and we were on our way down when I innocently asked - "You are flying out of JFK?" - "Am I?" (or something to that effect - aaaaccccckkkk! She looked at her flight info and it was Newark - we had to get off the thruway and call to cancel our hotel (which they graciously did after I cried - it being mother's day and all) and then figure out a. how to get to newark and b. where i was going to find a hotel! well, after some harrowing lane changes, we did find our wway to a flea bag motel in the ghetto. Tiff sat up and watched Elvis movies while I tried to sleep - I think we both slept from about 3-4 am, then we went to the airport, I dropped her off and went back to sleep. I am just glad to be home - having been away for the better part of the last 2 weeks, its nice to be in my own bed again.
Rock on Tiff!