I went to a congregational meeting the other night, voluntarily. I am not a member so can not vote but wanted to go to listen in. You can learn alot in those meetings (my dad taught me that). Anyways before the meeting, they were showing a slide show of pictures, historical pictures of the church and the congregation. I had so much fun listening to peoples ooohs and aaahs...that is so and sos son...oh that is Rev so and so....wow remember her....look that is so and so, is she here, she is so young in this picture. I only knew a handful but it was really fun and then as I listened, I got a little sad. The church I am going to is a family church; families have gone here for generations. They know each others stories and sons and daughters of different families in the church have married and merged the families. They pull together to prepare homemade food for funerals and special occasions. They send cards to people on their birthdays and anniversaries. This is something I heard about with my parents but not something I hear of very often anymore and then I wondered if the "family church" is an anomaly. Maybe not but my history in church and what I see and hear people do is..go to this church until it doesn't suit my needs and then I will go to another church. Where is the investment in the church, where is the commitment? Don't get me wrong, I think that changing churches is completely appropriate at times but I wonder if we have begun to treat churches as disposable due to the amount of church choices we have?? When people say where I am from...I don't have a great answer. I was born in Africa, lived in Illinois, lived in Colorado, live in Canada and I have gone to many churches in my life. I can't even claim a denomination, I was raised non-denominational. None of these things are bad, they are why I am who I am but I have always craved a church home, a place to belong, a place where I am from. So is this church it? I don't know, but I know that I am enjoying being a part of First Baptist Church, Smiths Falls.
Tiana had her dance recital last night and tonight and it was really great. It was all of the classes at the school putting on a story, one dance at a time. Tiana was a minion as part of a hip hop class and they did a great job. It was a fun night, she did an awesome job. She is already looking forward to the next year of dance.
The last couple of weeks has been focused on mowing and getting the yard in order and doing some planting. I have some tomato plants going and am trying to do some green chile plants since I can't find green chiles to save my life. I have planted some new flowers, a new iris and a couple new lilacs. When I get back, I will do strawberries again and a couple more plants and then I will focus on upkeep for the year.
I had a wonderful mothers day. I premade all of my meals and Tiana and Tabitha helped with what I hadn't done. I got a lovely little elephant for my collection from Tiana and a new zero gravity chair for the front porch from Wil (he left it in the trailer for me to find). I also got this great handmade card from Tiana with Happy Mother's day written in a ton of different languages. So sweet!
The next couple of days will be busy with laundry and packing for our trip to Colorado. I am hoping it will go slowly but I have a feeling the week will fly by. I am excited to share some great pictures when we get back. In the meantime....love to all!
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