I found out that I won the election for the MOMS Club secretary that I belong to. And by quite a bit, they tell me. I feel really honored.
I turned 29 on Friday. Woo. I was pretty sure that it was not going to be a good day that day, but I am amazed at the sense of peace and accomplishment I felt throughout the day. I feel so blessed to live in this country. I feel so grateful to the men and women who willingly give their lives to protect and defend the freedoms that we enjoy in this country. I think there are many out there who don't realize just how lucky we are. They sure enjoy their God-given rights (although they will be quick to point out to you that they got themselves wherever they are without the help of God, thankyouverymuch) and complain if you should happen to express an opinion different than the one they are foaming at the mouth to express that very moment. As far as I'm concerned, there's only one person who knows it all. That's God. And since I'm not him (that's right, I said him not her) I'll just have to do my best and agree to disagree if I cannot respectfully persuade you to believe as I do, or vice versa. (I'm not sure how I got off on this tangent, but I'm going to go with it!) I'm pretty sure that that's what "freedom from religion" means. You believe what you want, I'll believe what I want, and when we don't agree we're going to have to work to reach an amiable compromise because we both live here.
Ok, back to being grateful. I also feel blessed to be the mother of three handsome and intellingent boys. I don't feel oppressed or dominated over, this is what I choose to be. A wife and mother. I love that!
Well, I don't have as much free time as I thought this morning. So I gotta run. It's Sunday you know. Got that whole church thing going on.
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It's later on in the day now. I've been freaking out because on the seed packets, it says that it takes 7-10 days for germination. It's been 14 and I have yet to see anything peeking up from the dirt! So I was going to call my mom and ask her if I should just start over, when I decided to stoop down one more time. Lo and behold, I saw green! There are bean plants sprouting up and there are sunflower thingys where there weren't before! I feel an entirely new form of success now.