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I have some updates to some previous posts friends....
1.) Olivia is no longer engaged so I do not have to worry about being a bridesmaid...or really telling her I did not want to be one. One day she will find someone who will treasure her and in the meantime maybe we can get to know each other more.
2.) I am on a two week vacation from the pre-school!!!! During this time I plan to work at the restaurant, read, make cards, visit Uncle Lert, and clean. [exciting I know.]
3.) Uncle Lert had his bone marrow transplant on Friday. He is in the ICU at Roswell Cancer Institute because the night after the transplant he stopped breathing. So he is sedated and on a ventilator. He needs to get off the ventilator and come off the sedation so he can move and build his strength and accept the new bone marrow. I don't know all the medical terms or really understand everything that is going on but I do know that Uncle Lert is a champ. He is a fighter and has defeated the odds in this battle before. And I rest in the idea that "the battle belongs to the Lord..."
Props to my college roommate Kelly and my friend Fan. They both really encouraged me to start a blog. Kelly is a kind, wise, and beautiful person who loves children, teaching, and the Lord. She also will give you lots of advice...whether you want it or not. :o)
Fan whose name is really Alicia, is an artsy gal who sees beauty in nature and friends. She loves watching birds and interpreting them in her art. She is an inspiration to me and I love talking to her because she accepts who I am.
Check out their blogs at philadelphia-filly.blogspot.com and forthaloveof.blogspot.com.
Both these friends are so special to me so three cheers for them! Hip Hip Hooray!
My Uncle Tony, who I affectionately call Uncle Lert, is a man I admire and respect. Let me count the ways...
1.) I have a sister, Amy, who is 16 months younger than me and when we were younger we were often asked if we were twins. My Uncle Tony could not keep us straight so he called us both "AmyAshley." Last summer my Aunt Liz and Uncle Tony got 2 kittens that looked similar. They named them Frankie and Lily but he could not tell them apart. He suggested they change the names to "AmyAshley." He is now able to tell us all apart...kittens and all.
2.) Uncle Tony and Aunt Liz have a love that is evident. They love and respect each other. They laugh with each other and learn from each other. They work as a team and take care of each other. They are a great example of a joyful marriage that I am so blessed to have in my life.
3.) Uncle Tony is a great photographer and took many beautiful pictures at my wedding that Jonathan and I will cherish forever.
4.) A year and half ago I got pretty darn sick. During this time I would spend a lot of time at the resturaunt I worked at and Aunt Liz managed. My Uncle Tony also would come down to see Aunt Liz. Uncle Tony and I would sit and drink tea, talking and discussing the important things in life...like trees. We spent one afternoon talking for 4 hours! It was bliss to have him all to myself. It was during one of these chats that Uncle Tony gave me some great advice to get through my illness and gave him his nickname. He told me that even though I had to slow down and take a "break" from life it was just a way to become more alert to things in life. So we were boths "lerts" as life threw us monkey wrenches. Which brings me to the my next point...
5.) Through this whole battle, Uncle Tony keeps on keepin' on. He keeps fighting hard. He doesn't give up. He is an inspiration to me to keep on keepin' on...
6.) Uncle Tony loves to read and has a lot of knowledge and wisdom.
7.) I can watch something on PBS and then call him up and talk about it.
8.) Uncle Tony loves the outdoors and is great with his hands. He even built his own house!!!!
9.) He likes my banana nut muffins and apple crisp.
For a few years Uncle Tony has been battling cancer and for the past few weeks he has been in Roswell Cancer Institute preparing for a bone marrow transplant that is scheduled for Friday. Lift him up in your prayers and thoughts...
I love you Uncle Lert!
Today my husband, Jonathan, started at the Brooklyn Free Methodist Church in East Otto. It is actually the second Free Methodist church that was built. It is so exciting that he is finally doing what he actually wants to do. It is a summer gig at the moment. When school starts in the fall he will decide if he can work at the hospital, pastor this church and go to school. (It also depends on if I get a job as a teacher's assistant at the elementary school.)
It is also exciting that my husband helped me clean today AND he is making waffles with strawberries for dinner! What a man...
I work at a preschool so my days are filled with eleven 3-4 year olds. At times they make me want to pull out my hair but there are times when they simply melt my heart. For example...
*The preschool is designed for children with special needs so one of the swings we have is much like a car seat on chains. Our kids love to be in it. One little boy who does not speak clearly (he does not say the beginnings of his words and he always sound hoarse) was swinging and said "I'm a bird. Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!"
*Another little boy in our class recently had his teeth fixed. He had pointy teeth that were eroded away because he drank too much juice and slept with a bottle. He came in on Monday with a brand new smile and when I noticed he said "My new teeth make me see better."
Even though they make me laugh...I am thrilled that there are only two weeks left before a two week vacation!
In honor of the month of June, the most popular month for weddings, I will share with the blog world a story about the wedding planning taking place in my own family.
First, I must explain that my family is made up of many different types of folks...some that just kind of showed up. At a family Thanksgiving dinner a few years ago I had to ask who were the strangers. Lo and behold the new faces were my grandfather's long lost son Bob, Bob's wife Phylis, and their daughter Olivia.
After a few holidays with Bob, Phylis, and Olivia we hear the news that Olivia recently became engaged. This was a big surprise for my family because we were not even aware she was dating anyone. Olivia is planning an June wedding for 2010 and has been sharing in her facebook statuses the progress of the planning. I sent her a message letting her know if she needed any advice or just wanted to vent about the stress of it all to let me know...after all I it was only 9 months ago that I was all done with the planning and became a wife. In response, she ASKED ME TO BE A BRIDESMAID?!?! This is not the wedding planning sharing I was talking about. I only see her during the holidays and I do not even know her that well. And she popped the question on facebook...so I am trying to think of a way to let her know that I will not be able to do it...in a facebook message of course.
