Days like today

I'm no superhero. That might surprise some of you, but I am not perfect. I've had my share of rough days. Today is one of those days. Doing Dad's work doesn't make you exempt from difficult days. It's a few days before Thanksgiving and I'm halfway around the world. Thanksgiving has always been our big holiday at home. It's my mom and my favorite time of the year. For the past 2 years I haven't been there...and it stinks! I know I'm doing what I'm supposed to, but that doesn't make it any easier. Especially today. My students have been giving me a hard time today, and it just makes me miss home even more. It reminds me how good I had it at home. I know I'm supposed to be a grown up, but I miss my mommy. If any of you know any multi-millionaires looking to spend extra money, you can suggest that they buy my mom (and other family members if they are that kind of multi-millionaire) a ticket to come see me! Also, it's my baby brother's first Thanksgiving, and I'm missing it. I love my job, but I still have "those days."

Me? Hiking?

This past week I went on a hiking trip. All right, you can stop laughing! I know I have never seemed like an outdoorsy person, but I am an Autumn person. I LOVE the Fall! I think I get it from my mom. On a normal day I might pass up a hiking trip, but when a friend suggested a trip to Mt. Olympus to see the Fall foliage, I just couldn't say no. What an amazing day! The drive up was breathtaking, the vivid colors reminded me of my childhood and Autumns filled with "mixed up play-dough" trees.
Living in the city sometimes I forget how beautiful God's creation is. It gives me shivers to think about the majesty of nature. I know it's there, but I tend to forget, I tend to think the city in which I live is the entire world. I have to escape to remember how vast the world is. That's how it is with God sometimes. We get so used to one aspect of God that we forget how powerful and mighty He is. Sometimes we must take a step back and look at the big picture to appreciate God's might. Sometimes it takes a huge event for us to realize His might, and sometimes all it takes is a red leaf.



Thank you to Mr. Carl Boberg for the following thoughts:

When through the woods

And forest glades I wander

I hear the birds

Sing sweetly in the trees;

When I look down

From lofty mountain grandeur

And hear the brook

And feel the gentle breeze;

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to Thee,

How great Thou art!

How great Thou art!

Then sings my soul,

My Saviour God, to Thee,

How great Thou art!

How great Thou art!