"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, that my soul may sing to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever!" Psalm 30:11-12

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

What is this even about?

I thought I had a vision about what this blog could be about. You know how some people have themes? Well...I don't. I mean it's called Coffee With Sugar Please so I figured maybe talk about coffee? Talk about the best coffeehouses? That could be a good one. Except that I have four kids and a hard-working husband that works 12 hour days and paying off bills has left us with no coffee spending money. Then I realized that sipping coffee gets you to a relaxed state and you want to read, feel inspired, you think about different things in life. Today, my coffee took me to the state of thinking about my mom and family. You see, I rarely ever talk about my family. Many people would tell you so. I talked with my mama today and she told me things about her that I never knew. Like that she was the daughter of an affair. Her father came and went. She told me she only remembers seeing him 3 times in her life before he died. Someone had murdered him. She was only 10. She was the baby girl. She had told me about the day she married my dad and how her sister was the only present at her celebration. It reminded me of my wedding when my dad didn't show up. My brother walked me down. In which I am forever grateful for! Thinking about the things I didn't know about her or the lack of knowledge I have about either of my parents has made me wonder if I would have treated them any differently if I had known some things. I think theres so many stories I have yet to learn. Stories so fascinating I picture all the family sitting on the floor just listening and afterwards eating a tamales, frijoles (beans), arroz(rice), mole, tortillas, sopes, just the works! How little time we have. I do love my family very much. There are those who are harder to love then others but Jesus can show me how. I'm praying that my family does come to know the LORD. You see thats a secret too! I've asked, never got a straight forward answer. Only God knows but I would love to hear them openly profess that Jesus Christ is LORD!

1 comment:

  1. I think a lot of people don't take the opportunity to sit at their parents feet and listen to their stories. Especially grandparents! We can get so much wisdom from them... you know?

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