Monday, June 16, 2008

Visit from the Past

How time flies! It seems like yesterday I was picking up a teen-ager named Heidi at McDonald's and bringing her to our home for a visit before taking her home. That happened nearly 20 years ago!

This past weekend we were blessed to have Heidi, her husband, Brian, and two of their four children in for a visit. (They were heading on a long trip and had left the 2 year-old and 5 year-old boys with Heidi's parents.) How God has blessed that family!

We were delighted with the two older children, both girls ages 10 and 8. The girls played so well with our children. They all ran through the back yard, jumped on the trampoline, rode scooters, and played on the play structure in the back yard up until the late evening. Grace, in particular, was so sad that they had to leave the next morning.

I would have loved to take Heidi to Starbucks and catch up, maybe do some shopping or sight seeing. Heid has turned into this amazing mother and wife. I still have images of her at 16, excited that she was driving, and other images of her participating in Bible study at our home with the youth group.

The last conversation I had with Heidi while living in Springfield was that she and Brian were getting engaged, probably married in the near future. I did not know Brian, but God did! Brian and Heid are a lovely, godly couple.

We hope to see them again!

Beth

The Waning Days of Summer

Here it is mid-June and it seems summer is picking up speed and racing to its close.

John and Grace are off at my folks doing basketball camp this week at my folk's church. Andy and Joshua are babysitting for my friends and helping Charlie complete our bathroom downstairs.

Charlie's summer is a mix of work (3M), scouts and camping, and working on completing the downstairs bathroom.

I am in stream-lining mode. I am tossing and giving away this summer anything I don't love, that doesn't have a place, or doesn't have a functioning purpose.

School starts for us in only 6 weeks. Where did our summer go?!?!

-Beth