Southeastern and LSU won their games Saturday by huge amounts. They are both powerhouses in their conferences. The bad news is that the Saints lost (oh how it hurts to say that word) to the Dirty Birds of Atlanta by a field goal in overtime in their first regular season game. Our defense was rotten. They face the Cleveland Browns this Sunday and, as a loyal Saints fan, I know a 1 in the Win column is on the way for us!
We are still at zero offers on our house. The volume of traffic through the house indicates a lot of interest yet no offers. After much consideration, prayer and talks with our agent we’ve decided to lower the price $10,000 from the original asking price. We’re hoping to reach a different group of home shoppers with this lower price, hoping someone will snap it up.
Roy is still working at Southeastern in his temporary position and can stay a few more weeks, Thank God!
Church softball games are one of those things for me that make me very happy! We were treated to a church softball game this week. My son’s church, Soul’s Harbor, has a new team and Chip is the coach. They lost the first game but put several runs on the board so it’s a promising start! What an amazing evangelistic outreach church softball is and I’m thankful Soul’s Harbor has started this at their church. I miss the good old days at Trinity when we had a softball league and we all cheered and fellowshiped at the ball field together. Here’s a picture of the new team! Chip’s the guy with the full beard .
My 60th birthday is coming up this Sunday, September 14th. Wow the big 60! I didn’t dread 50 because I never thought
of that as old. Now I don’t really dread 60 but I do think of 60 as on my way to old (like my sister who was probably expecting that comment!!). My sister and brother in law are taking us out to dinner Saturday for my birthday. Hoping to spend some time with Madisyn on my birthday when we gather after church to celebrate. Madisyn now in school full time, dance class, cheerleading class, AWANA on Wednesday nights and has very little spare time to sleep and breathe much less spend time with us. They grow up way to fast!
We’re not traveling right now so all I can do is dream about that and look forward to future times on the road when we can share our adventures with ya’ll again.
Today being September 11th is the 13th anniversary of the day terror struck the United States on our own soil. The saying “We Must Never Forget” means so much to me. Every year I try to watch videos of that day because I feel it is extremely important that we relive the impact of that day so we don’t forget the sacrifices so many Americans made that day and in the days afterward. I don’t dwell on it except for on this day. My mind can’t wrap itself around what horrible people would do this to our country. The multitudes of young men who joined the military after that to give us renewed protection are due all our gratitude and prayers. We are a resilient country with tremendous pride for what these folks did on September 11th and afterwards. I worry so much about the path our country is on and pray daily to God for his continued mercy and grace on our country.
As much as many people want to remove our Christian faith from America, I for one will hold on to it with all my might.
Ya’ll have a wonderful weekend – it’s almost here – and ya’ll come back now, ya’ hear??!!
BECAUSE HE LIVES 