The girls are holding the fort down this week in MI. While we desperately miss our #1 man, Belle & I are so enjoying our time together. Today she was my little helper all day long...elmo couldn't hold a candle to momma.
She helped me weed our humble little full shade flower bed & plant perennials (although she hated having dirt on her hands). As I was mulching, she'd pick up the bucket for me & move it to where I was...without me asking her to. We drew murals with sidewalk chalk (she loves to draw the moon), and she even helped me wash floors on her hands and knees (she slipped several times on the wet floor & was NOT happy about that).
After a full day she is ...plum tuckered. (For ye Michiganders...use context clues!)
Aron reported that he is having a blast at Arise; he said that he has been so inspired & refreshed, and is full of ideas and songs...now he just needs some alone time to work it all out in his head. All week before leaving he kept saying that he just wanted to see some people he knew at the conference...he actually day-dreamed about seeing some of his old buddies from college there when he was showering Tuesday morning before leaving, but then said aloud, "That's a fantasy, that will never happen" (weird..but true).
But to Aron's great surprise he met one of his most eccentric and "iconic"(as Aron put it) profs from IWU....Suzano (that's his last name...I've never heard his first name). A native of Brazil, Suzano's personality and flair is a rich as his thick accent, and he so happened to be one of Aron's worship profs in college. Together they traveled on a tour of the northeastern united states playing worship music in may of 2005. They embraced, in the bathroom of all places, and Suzano exclaimed that he just listened to a cd they had recorded together & the solo aron played on a particular song was the best he'd ever heard for that song. That made Aron's day.
He also saw another friend from college, Steve Barton...(for all you IWU alumni), who is now a worship leader in Colorado...go figure.
So to wrap it up...Belle & I are hanging in there...thanks for all of you who have called to make sure we're okay! It helps to know we're not completely alone!
ejk
2 comments:
Awwww- Belle is so sweet. It's so nice when they are voluntarily helpful.
It's cool that Aron is seeing some friends after having given up on the idea. God loves to surprise his kids that way.
Plum Tuckered= Pooped Out? Your way sounds much nicer.
So glad you girls are doing OK, if you get bored just give us a call!
I know you loved getting to plant some flowers - so cute that Belle helped!
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