Serenity

"Dios concedeme serenidad para aceptar lo que no puedo cambiar, valor para cambiar lo que puedo, y buen juicio para reconocer la diferencia."

Would you like that in English, now? lol I had to break out my Spanish on this one...it's just prettier that way. I'm gonna audioblog some day in Spanish, by the way lol...Anyways, most of you would recognize the above statement as:

"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

This has always been and always will be a foundational philosophy of how I see my life. It's encouraging, it's motivating, and it completely makes sense. Many people try too hard to change things which they have no ability to control. Sometimes we just need to sit back, look at the broad picture, and realize that some things are just what they are, and no matter how hard we try, we can't possibly change them.

~Peace

Sisters

Happy Birthday to muh oldest sister, Steph...aren't ya glad that baby didn't wait til tomorrow?! ;)

Geez, she's so old...25. lol...

Ok so maybe that's not so terribly old, but it does sadden me a little. Our "sisterly" memories are just that...memories. Sure, we still spend time together. In fact, we probably spend more time together than any other typical set of sisters our age, as we still live in the same house AND share a bedroom...the same bedroom we've shared for 22 years.

So now for a little storytelling...

Did you ever do something as a child, thinking you were doing something good as favor for someone, and then end up getting in trouble for it? lol...Steph and I did that once. Our dad planted onions in the garden one summer. Somehow the two of us got this crazy idea that he would be really happy with us if we picked them all for him. Little did we know, he had only planted them about 2 weeks prior to us getting that wild hair...lol I remember getting a few handfuls and putting them inside of my shirt to carry them up to the house. We threw them all inside of the bathtub to clean them, and then we'd run out and get some more. Our entire bathtub was completely full of these 'baby' onions. lol Mom never said anything...she just kept quiet. But when Dad got home that night we got the butt chewin's of our lives. lol...and Dad NEVER was one to yell or get upset...so needless to say, feelings were hurt and both of us went to bed crying. lol

Those were the days...it's fun to look back at that now and laugh. That's just one of zillions of crazy things that we did as sisters.

Anyways, if ya can't tell, I love muh sister...lol...we have our tiffs here and there, but don't we all? 99% of the time, she's the best sister I could ask for, and I couldn't have a better friend.

~Peace

Everyone say it with me, "awww....". lol

His lungs work great! lol

We're still guessin' on his eye color...

Chillin' in his bassinet

D being naughty

pArTiCiPaTiOn PoSt

I've been a lil bit of a slacker, n I'm on a quick break right now from class, so I wanted to post real fast. I have no idea what to post about, so I'm gonna do this lil thing that's going around...if you wanna do it, fine, if not, fine.

Ask me four questions.
Any four, no matter how personal, private or random.
I will answer them honestly. I have to answer them all.
In turn, you post this message in your own journal and you have to answer the questions that are asked of you.

So.... ask away. :)

~Peace