Wordless Wednesday on a Tuesday... is that legal?

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The Murtaugh List

So the other night, two of my favorite boys in the world shared with me a list of 100 things they wanted to accomplish before they went off to college. For those of you who don’t know… I was at Bobe’s and my two boys are Bin and Derek. They read off this list of activities they hoped to do together before they parted ways in August. I have to tell you that approximately 90% of the list did not sound like anything that I would particularly like to do, and as much as I hate to admit it and actually fight the whole age thing……. Yeah, “I’m too old for that” was my thought on probably 88% of them.

There was a recent episode of “How I Met Your Mother” on a few weeks back where one of the characters (Barney) with the help of Robin, set out to prove to another one (Ted) that they were still young enough to do the things on this list of “I’m too old for that” activities. As Barney begins to do the things on the list, he slowly develops pain throughout his body (ie. His ear getting infected from getting it pierced and his back going out from doing some goofy thing etc.) and by the end of the show concedes to Ted’s original murtaugh list.

After they shared with me their list of things to do, and after I had mentioned that maybe 20 years ago some of those things would have been on my list, but now not too many of them sounded like they would be on my to-do list, I started thinking… what would be on my list? I have never seen “The Bucket List” but I wonder if this very thing is what it is all about?

Hmmm….. I mean, there are the usual things you expect to see on a princess’ wishlist , you know, things like:
1. Find a tall, dark, handsome guy to marry and
2. For that guy to be the kind that cooks, cleans, & is at your every beck & call
3. Acquire a lovely beach house on the ocean that someone else cleans for you
4. Accumulate as many cute shoes & purses as possible

I could go on, but I think you get the picture. Although I must confess, all those things do sound really good and probably would be on my list in some form or fashion, (definitely the guy and the shoes and purses) as I have gotten older (not old, just older than I was 20 years ago) the things that are important in my life have changed a bit.

I will have to think about this. Why don’t you too?
I will make my list and you make yours… post it on my blog if you’d like to share it. I will post mine as soon as I get it done. Oh, and I will post some of the things the boys listed as well. You'll see what I mean...

18 years ago today

How many people can say beyond a shadow of a doubt where they were or what they were doing at exactly this moment 18 years ago? Probably a little over a dozen that I know of... me, my parents, Jenny, Keith, Jeremy, and I would say around 7 or 8 of my friends (if someone were to point out that today is May the 10th.)
18 years ago today at this very moment, my family was praying, my friends were crying, and I... well, I was dying. Yes, 18 years ago today I got a second chance at life. Not many people have to go through what me and my family went through, (and I am thankful that not many people have to) but not many people then have the testimony that I have.
18 years ago today, I was shot. It was a day that changed my life forever. It did not end like a sad movie, (thank the Lord) even though it was touch and go for a while. Instead it ended with me having a much greater appreciation for life and for those around me. It caused me to be more thankful for the good things in my life. Even now, 18 years later, when I feel like things are falling down around me, I look back and reflect on this very night 18 years ago and I realize that God has a plan and since he kept me here then I have a part in that plan.
I would love to be able to say I knew exactly what that plan was, or how it would come to full fruition, but I can't... 18 years later and I still don't know. I may never know, (at least not while I'm on this earth) but I truly believe we all have a purpose...A plan. And if we stay on the right track, God will be true to his word and give us a hope and a future (Jer 29:11)

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