Today I learned.

My grandma taught me to never stop learning. She may have had a slightly dishoveled home. It was picked up enough to maneuver about but not exactly organized to the extreme. As a matter of fact, my sister and I slept in the spare bedroom and had to move piles of things off the bed just to lay in it at bedtime. But it's funny, it never bothered me. Actually I don't think I noticed just how bad it was until she passed and I sat around the family listening to a story about her being a bit of a pack rat. Did it bother me then? no Does it bother me now? nope. What I got from her was more meaningful than any spotless habitat could have been. She cooked with me and for us(yumm). She let me craft with her, letting me paint the dolls faces or sew with her or watch her knit and want to do that so bad. And it never failed, if a new trend came about, she had the original, vintage item on hand. I remember when I was in high school and cut off jean shorts were popular. She pulled out some of my dad's cut off Levi's. Original from the 70's! I wore them with pride and a belt of course.
The point of this story is one of many simple ones. Learn something new everyday. Keep the every day chores fun and enjoy being with each other. My grandma Hazel taught me more than she knows. I wish I had the mind to tell her then what I think now. Maybe that's another thing her life taught me. To tell those you love, you love them. Tell them now why they can still hug you back for saying it.

I also signed up for our online adoption courses, learning more about that everyday. I can tell we will get that done quickly. I'm mailing off our notebook today. We will get fingerprints on Friday. My goal is to get this Dossier completed in the month of November.

And since last night our nation elected a new president I might as well talk a bit about it. I know from experience that blogging about very opinionated topics is risky. But why do I have this thing anyway if I can't speak my mind. My vote was not the winner. But I don't put my hope in men anyway. I know God is fully in control. And in a strange way, I'm glad Obama won. It pushes me to be more active in pursuit of God and His will. Where I could have been more laxed if McCain pulled it off. Thankful I am. I just don't want to see some changes that may come our way. As long as this comment remains in America we will be alright:
George Washington said, "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible."

Some claim that is already the case, but it lives in my heart and my family as well. That can't be taken away.