Athena in a Minivan

Just a little parable...

The boys and I attend Community Bible Study each week. This year we are studying Mark and Ephesians.  We are right in the middle of some of Jesus's parables and we were given the challenge to write a parable of our own. I got my inspiration from this post over in the Common Room.  For just a little background information, the Equuschick has been a bit under the weather ( to say the least) due to an ill tempered equus. She is now thankfully at home and resting her weary body. All canines and equus are, I am sure, quite glad.

A certain little dog loved his master. She took such good care of him. She fed him, bathed him, let him sleep in her room and she gave him special treats. One day the master got sick and had to go away for a while. The dog was put outside in The pen with other dogs who were not as well behaved as he was. Someone came along and fed him Adan gave him water but he longed for the master's return. He dreamed of her at night. He would remember her kind words  and loving touches.

One day, while napping in the shade, he heard her voice. His tale began to wag. He jumped up and down looking for one glance of his master. When she opened the pen, he lept on her and smothered her with kisses. This little dog was not as he had been left. His master lovingly took him into a warm house and bathed him, washing away all the dirt and smell of the pen. Washing away his time away from her. She fed him his favorite treats and he was warm, full and happy. The little dog curled up in the warm bed that the master had lovingly prepared for him. He slept for hours, warm and content in his master's love and care.

(I obviously am the little dog, the master is Jesus and the pen is the world and  I look forward to his return when he lovingly takes me to the place he has prepared for me. You see, I know I am washed clean by the blood of Jesus but sometimes I feel like the world and my sin get its grimminess all over me and I need to return to the master for forgiveness.)

My Best Friend

40 years and one day ago, I was blessed with the best gift a girl can have, one little sister. As I am only two years, two weeks and two days older, I really do not remember life without her in it. We have shared a room, toys, a record player which we pooled our money to buy, dolls and lots of laughs. We have shared schools, friends, clothes, shoes and money. We have shared a tan Volare station wagon, a yellow Buick Skylark and a Blue Ford Explorer (the old kind). We have shared joys, sorrows, problems and solutions. We went to the same high school, same college and pledged the same sorority.

When she went to England to complete a Master's Degree, I cried for days. I looked forward to the one hour once a week when we could talk on the phone. We talk on the phone and email many times each day now. She loves my children with a love usually attributed to grandmothers. They are crazy about her!!

Happy Birthday to the best little sister a girl could have!! I love you from the ends of the earth and back again.

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Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, and treat them just the same."

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“Whatever I enjoy—playing tag or singing in the car—I can do it with kids around. And it’s totally legitimate!”

• Playful and energetic, the ENFP mother finds her children to be good company and enjoys being with them. In fact, she says being with children justifies her own “being a kid again.” And children say she’s fun to be with — spontaneous, hearty, and imaginative.
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I saw this a Brew*crew Adventure. I think Beth and I would get along great!!

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