It's been more than a month since I've had a chance to blog. Well, just little more than a month. There have been many, many times I've wanted to hop on. I wanted to weigh-in on The Hunger Games mania. I wanted to share about my efforts in the Project Simplify challenge over at Simple Mom. I wanted to talk about the Forum at church. TUMI. The changes the kids are going through. But there never seemed time to sit down and put anything into words. I was too busy running from one thing to the next, catching up after illnesses, trying to do Project Simplify. Spring clean (which would be a feat in itself and which I am despairing will be done before summer). It has almost gotten to the point of, why bother? Why bother getting on? How do I know I will be back and able to follow up? That seems to be the story of 2012, so far. I'm so busy trying to keep my head above water that too many things are going by the wayside. But it doesn't have to be the story, right?
So here's a few things to weigh-in on with the hopes that I'll be back.
I read The Hunger Games trilogy. And I hated it. Deeply-disturbed-by-it hated it. I do not deny it's excellent writing, that they're well-crafted books, engrossing even. It bothers me that people may start naming their daughters Katniss. I don't think this girl should be held up as a hero anymore than Bella Swan. How different would their world have been had the power been in the opposite hands? I'm kind of thinking, [Gale,] not much.
I have been working very hard on Project Simplify: organizing the kids' stuff, organizing and cleaning out pantry/fridge, hitting closets, counters, and other places that attract clutter. This week is choose your own adventure. I'm incredibly behind and despairing I'll get where I want to go. Forget spring cleaning. The windows will have to wait. Maybe until next spring.
The Forum at church. It kind of defies application. It's for high school and college age kids. It's for kids who want to go deeper. It's not a Sunday school or a youth group or a small group; it doesn't fit any of those types of things. I guess you could call it a class. This semester we're teaching them Biblical exegesis. Oh, yes. Yes, we are. And I think it's going great. So far we haven't found another model that's doing something similar (at the end the kids will exegete a small passage and share what they learned in front of the church in mini-sermons/exhortations. Should be interesting.) I can't tell you how much I love this class/group/format. How much I loved sharing the other night. How that really has me thinking about what on earth I'm supposed to be doing.
TUMI (The Urban Ministry Institute). It has me thinking all kinds of jumbled thoughts. I'd hoped it would clarify for me if urban ministry is something I should really delve into. I can't say that it has. I'm probably more confused and apprehensive than before.
The kids: here's what's on the slate just in the next few weeks. Sonogram Wednesday; hopefully we'll find out what (who) we're having. Simon is starting to transition to milk and hopefully away from bottles. He's beginning to walk. He turns a year old in less than two weeks. Next week we are starting Eliza on potty-training. We're ripping the band-aid off, so to speak. No diapers, no going back. This house-keeping challenged mama is going to have a lot on her hands.
That's it. That's life from this part of Topeka. I do have to say, though, that now that Spring is here, there's a gorgeous picture outside my window with the trees budding and the redbud tree blooming. Welcome, Spring. Hold off summer as long as you can, okay?
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