A couple of weeks ago I received this picture of a frozen [double] yolk and the short corresponding email from my sister Debbie - Subject line: From m.om Content: "She cracked a double egg yolk. She wants to know if there is something you want to tell us :p"
The background is that when my sister told us she was pregnant with our nephew, my mom believed that she had somehow saw this coming because she had recently cut open a papaya and found a small "baby" papaya inside. It became a running joke in our family, and because they didn't find out the sex until his birth, we even called her pregnant bump "Baby Papaya" for the remainder of her pregnancy. About a year later, I was prepping to host a friend's wedding shower and I cut open a green pepper to find a baby pepper inside, and since my sister Aimee was there to witness this, we joked about who that could indicate pregnancy for, and yet little did we know at that time that my sister Debbie was pregnant again! Now you can see what the silly/funny family hype is all about when my mom discovered this double yolk (aside from the fact that apparently our perceived powers to predict pregnancy has moved beyond mere produce!), but I had to let them down and tell them that no, I was not pregnant, much less with twins.
So the question is, who is, and do you even know it?? Only time will tell, unless you'd like to step forward and reveal your secret now :).
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Holiday Helping Hands
This past weekend was such a great kickoff to Christmas season for us! 4 events over 3 days that just warmed the holiday cockles (?) of my heart :). Singing, volunteering, time with friends and of course, breaking bread.
In particular, I wanted to give a big shout out to the 15 ladies that I along with my co-hostesses (a.k.a Asian sistas) Kim & Aimee know from or through our church who gathered together Friday night to donate cookies and assemble packages for the clients that we work with through serving at Open Hands Food Pantry, Central Detroit Christian and one that I volunteer with, Judson Center. The picture shows part of the 200 cookie & candy packets that we were able to start distributing along with some bibles, and we are truly grateful for your generosity. I was so thrilled by the abundance of our results (fishes & loaves, right Jodi? :) - THANK YOU!! While just a small gesture to some communities that are hurting, our hope was to spread a little Christmas joy to others in obedience to God calling us to continually care for our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Despite the recession, Americans have already spent over $16 billion this holiday season - and that's just online sales! Please, please remember your neighbors in need as you plan your Christmas giving.
In particular, I wanted to give a big shout out to the 15 ladies that I along with my co-hostesses (a.k.a Asian sistas) Kim & Aimee know from or through our church who gathered together Friday night to donate cookies and assemble packages for the clients that we work with through serving at Open Hands Food Pantry, Central Detroit Christian and one that I volunteer with, Judson Center. The picture shows part of the 200 cookie & candy packets that we were able to start distributing along with some bibles, and we are truly grateful for your generosity. I was so thrilled by the abundance of our results (fishes & loaves, right Jodi? :) - THANK YOU!! While just a small gesture to some communities that are hurting, our hope was to spread a little Christmas joy to others in obedience to God calling us to continually care for our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Despite the recession, Americans have already spent over $16 billion this holiday season - and that's just online sales! Please, please remember your neighbors in need as you plan your Christmas giving.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Say cheese
Today was not a good day, so posting this picture forced a little smile out of me. We were cleaning up after a hearty Thanksgiving meal just a couple weeks ago, and as our friends had departed for the evening, it just left our family to pack up and the kids/grandkids to head home. Then our soon-to-be-5-yr-old nephew declared that we were going to take a picture, and then just started pulling us all in even though we were scattered about and asking his mom/my sister to set up the automatic setting on the camera as he'd obviously seen used before. So while not the most flattering of photos :), the result was the first one of our whole family since we've been married, in fact we don't even have one from our wedding (I know, I know, Mom, I'm sorry!!). Here's to giving thanks for each of them...
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Rethinking heroes
This photo is about 6 years old, and has been in my office ever since even though I'm not a golf fan, at the time it was a cool opportunity to get the picture and I had joined the ranks of those who admired his unprecedented rise to the top of his game. I was trying to think of some funny story to accompany it and pretend that it and the autograph was solicited in some shady way, but that would be a lie and frankly I'm too tired to be that witty after being on the road for a couple of days including some late night and early morning work conference calls.
Anyone else anticipate a "but I'm human" type of excuse? There's no doubt that I've made plenty of mistakes in my life, and certainly as humans we are prone to err and sin, but really how far does that go when one continues to show poor judgment and disrespect their loved ones? Reaches that cliche slippery slope far too easily, if you ask me.
Anyone else anticipate a "but I'm human" type of excuse? There's no doubt that I've made plenty of mistakes in my life, and certainly as humans we are prone to err and sin, but really how far does that go when one continues to show poor judgment and disrespect their loved ones? Reaches that cliche slippery slope far too easily, if you ask me.
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