The Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute is having a contest and the prize is an authentic cedar lined hope chest filled with items for your hope chest.Click here to see the rest.
Earlier today my family and I made our weekly trip to McDonalds and Walmart. My brother, Zachary is almost a year late for his pictures, so my mom sat with Chay and had Zach’s pictures done while I took my four sisters to get the groceries. About an hour later mom sent Zach to help me unload the cart while she ordered the pictures. The conversation took place as follows:
Cashier: All girls?
Me: (pointing to Zach) No, there’s one boy. He’s my brother.
Cashier:(looking worried)What? Oh, they’re all your siblings?
Me: (finally realizing she must think they’re mine) Yes, they’re all my siblings. They’re not mine, don’t worry!
After that she seemed to be okay with it, though a little wary of the fact that I was buying a whole ton of groceries with a bunch of siblings. I still find it sort of odd that my 14 year old brother and I appear old enough to be parents of 4 girls who’s ages vary from 10 - 2. I think it all just goes with the territory.
The Essay Results for the Homeschoolers for Life Essay contest are posted here and I placed as the 2nd Honorable mention.
On a random note - for those of you curious about how the trip to Maine went - I posted a recap on Thoughts and Letters.
2007. It’s interesting how so many things can change in a year.
Politically:
We managed to survive with a Democrat controlled congress, and the surge in Iraq is working despite popular opinion.
We’ve had the earliest election season in history, and it just keeps getting more interesting.
Personally:
I somehow went from a career minded conservative, to accepting and developing a passion for the God ordained role of womanhood. Now at almost 17, I’m looking back on who I am and who I was, and have no one to thank but God for loving me so much and changing my heart. I’ve gone from being a legislative aid, to being a big sister for the 8th time, to courting my best friend, and trying to do what He sets in front of me to do.
Looking Ahead:
2008 promises to be an interesting year. For me personally, it’s going to be full of challenges. Figuring out how to deal with emotions is a totally new concept to me. A year ago, I would never have imagined that I would have been stretched and grown so much, I wouldn’t have thought that I would be courting, or taking trips to Maine, or even bowing out of grassroots campaigning indefinitely - especially with an election coming up. What seemed so inconceivable last year, has become accepted. In the words of Stellar Kart’s “Finish Last”:
People change and plans get changed and everything changes but You, everybody moves around and everything gets pushed around but You. You always stay the same…
So heading into 2008, the biggest thing for me to remember is - everything changes, but God never will.
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While StillThinking was starting back up, I found out that Regenerate Our Culture board member Jake Smith is bringing Regenerated Mag back for a new season starting this Spring. There have been some major changes being made to the magazine since it was postponed last fall. This new season is going to be better than when it first came out, so be sure to get on board and check back here for updates!
