My Boys

Every now and then a song comes along and it's like someone hooked speakers up to your heart. You think, "Yeah. If I knew how to articulate words, that's what I would say." You use the word "articulate" because that's the only big word you know.

Anyhow, I stumbled on this song at http://www.noisetrade.com/ and it just hit me. This is what I would say. I have never heard of this this but, he is an amazing writer with an amazing album. His name is Phil Laeger and the "Honesty" is the album. Please look him up. He deserves the acknowledgement.

I think sometimes that we wait too long to say what's on our hearts because we don't know how or think it may sound silly. Then, when it is too late we think,"Wow. I wish I had said something." Well, duh! So did they!

At the risk of sounding silly, here is my way of telling my boys I love them and I'm proud of them.

Remember...

If I were thinking, I would have put this up a week ago when I wrote it. Better late than never, right?

Sept. 11, 2010
Truely a sad day in history. I remember where I was when I heard the news. I remember the look on our faces and the hollow feeling in my gut. How quiet it was the rest of the day at work. How we watched the news that evening in silent horror and amazement. Then, something I don't ever remember seeing before that day. We became a nation of one. The girls lit candles and stood by the road. People honked and waved. You couldn't look anywhere without seeing Our Flag waving. You could look a stranger in the eye and he'd give a smile and a nod of acknowledgement as if to say,"We're in this together". This became our wake up call to get our act together. Without a doubt, 9/11 was our worst day since Pearl Harbor, but, 9/12 was our best. Remember that day. Remember the ones we lost. Remember their families. Remember the ones that gave their lives to prevent more from being taken. Remember we are one nation, under God, indivisible.

Hmm

We are coming up on the 1 year anniversary of the closing of Magna Design, my former company. It's an odd feeling knowing that it has been almost a year that I haven't been securely employed. Sure, I did that stint at Watson in Poulsbo, but, I knew that was just temporary. More temporary than I thought as it turns out. Never the less,a blessing. That company is struggling and if I had signed on as a true employee, I would have been cut by the end of the year. Also, from what I hear from people that stayed, I would have been miserable. So, it was a good thing.

Well, what have I been doing? Getting by mostly. I've been increasing my presence around church and picking up jobs here and there. The 2 big things I'm currently working on are the Tecate trip in June and starting my own table refinishing business.

I'm getting pretty excited about the Tecate trip. The people that are going and the projects that we are planning are going to be alot of fun. We have a few first timers coming along and thats always fun to watch them through the week. It's an eye opening experience to say the least.

The table business is big because that's income! I'm hoping that it turns into something that I can bring others into and help them out. I'm getting a web site up and it's coming together nicely with the help of my bro-in-law. You can get a peek at it now at www.bornagaintables.com. Born Again Tables- giving tables a new life. I chose Born Again Tables because people make furniture personal. A table will be given to them from a grandma or someone and it takes on a life of it's own. There is a history to it that is meaningful to that person. Sometimes, the table is worn or scratched from it's journey through time and needs a little fix here or there. Reglued or sanded down and stained and finished. This is alot like people. Titus 3:4-7 says,"⁴But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, ⁵he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, ⁶whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, ⁷so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life." As we go through time, we get dented and scratched and beat up a little bit. But we have hope in the "rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit" and "by His grace" we can start again from right where we're at. Being born again we can be refinished. Our story is the same, but, because of Gods grace, we can say," My scratches have been fixed. My dents removed and now I am a new work because Christ has removed all my damage from the past." That's a great story. This is my before and this is my after. So, like God works on us to bring out our real beauty, I work on tables to bring out their intended beauty.

Please visit the web site. Pray for our trip to Tecate, Mexico. You can donate monies for the trip. A few of the kids need help raising funds.