go on

i couldn't help but like this post secret.  whoever it is: wife, sister, mom, friend, aunt, grandma, girlfriend, best friend, cousin--spend time with her.  

sunday secret

this was a hard week to choose a secret, as most of them did not relate to me at all.  anyhow, here goes:

not that i don't like adults, but i really don't mind sitting at the kids table at grandma's christmas dinners.  it is just way more fun to be free to be silly.  now though there may be too many kids for me to still sit there and i may be relegated to sit with the adults.  hmmm...

on another note, my wonderfully kind, giving, fun-loving aunt kris fell yesterday morning and shattered her ankle.  she spent the afternoon in surgery and now has something to the extent of 6 screws and a plate in her ankle.  please pray for her to heal without complications and for her to be content as she isn't one to sit for long periods of time, indeed, she is a little busy bee.  also, she is a skier and this really puts a cramp in her season.  

aunt kris, if you read this... 1) thanks for teaching me to love the kids' table as you are a true kid at heart and always will be, 2) know that we are sending lots of love and healing prayers your way in idaho, and 3) let those around you use this opportunity to serve you in the way that you are always serving others.  oh yeah, and 4) GET WELL!

ah, tradition

here it is this week folks, my favorite post secret of the week:

it isn't a serious secret, one where you learn a lot about who i am, but i used to think the world operated in a similar fashion to the person who sent this one in.  

in retrospect, what a terrifying thought to have tiny green men running the world.  think of what they could do in the 59 seconds between changing the minutes!

i have more to post about our wonderful time with sara mia at our house, our trip to introduce harvey to kemi, and giving rowan his birthday gift; however, those things are going to have to wait because i am in charge of a belated birthday celebration for my momma!

can there be a "new tradition"?

each sunday i eagerly await the weekly posting of new cards on post secret (see link on sidebar).  some weeks they seriously let me down with their themes of vengeance and adultery as people share their "big secrets".  but almost every week i come across one that resonates with me and makes me smile.  so i am going to start a new blog tradition: to post my favorite secret each week.  for those of you who follow post secret, i hope you will share your favorite card too.

and here is the first secret i share with the anonymous postcard sending people of the world:

when i was in middle school i remember thinking that when i was old i wanted to have fleshy arms to hug all the people i loved with.  i always thought that meaty arms were a sign of a capable, conquering, loving woman.  well, i am currently less-than-thrilled with the fact that my "triceps" jiggle when i wave to people, so my desire for fleshy arms has diminished substantially.  

my desire for laugh lines has surely replaced it!  brandon makes me so incredibly happy and each day he is to blame for the deepening of my laugh lines.  not a bad thing to cause at all...