family udates and a coincidence

august 19, 2009
well, hello all my dear buds. my life is a gentle roller coaster. exciting, and filled w/joy and a my share of normal ups and downs. i love my life.

my son, aaron, and anne are expecting again. i pray daily for a girl. they havent had the ultrasound yet so we dont know whats growing in the breadbox. i figure if i pray diligently enough for it to be a girl, then He'll get sick of hearing it and change it to a girl. hey, theres no human proof yet. naw, just kidding. ill adore the little one no matter what he or she is. BUT i sure would love to have someone to dress up in ribbons, lace and ruffles, and aaron wont let me put these on jared. they are also house hunting, and theyve found one that "grabs" them. theyre going back for their second look at it tomorrow and ive been invited to ride along. it sounds amazing. theyre both very excited about this one. all is well w/them, and annes pregnancy is, as she describes it..." a breeze, complared to the last one". she was so miserable from beginning to end during the pregnancy for jared. lil jared turned one yr old july 1 and took off walking about a month later. hes pretty much unstoppable now. the chairs in the doorway dont stop him anymore.

my daughter, suzi, and rusty and joshua are well also. suzi is still doing life ins underwriting from home and making more than i do. shes the president of the parent teachers organization at joshua's christian school, is addicted to scrapbooking, and has a zillion other 'irons in the fire' at all times. gosh, it wears me out just tellin you all she does. rusty is blessed to still be working at chrysler as an electritian. joshua is a karate kid in his own right, and at this time he holds 3 third place in one style, a 4th in another and a 5th in yet another, and that is in the NATIONAL stats for his age group. i love watching him (and taking gobs of pics) while hes competing in tournaments. hes been in karate since he was 4 yrs old and has his first level purple belt(1 more purple level). just brown (several levels) and black left to go. he loves school and excells at it too.

before i close this entry, i must tell you about something that happened just last night. aaron and his lil clan were coming over to my house after work(for a haircut), so i decided to stop by and pick up a pizza from pizza king. (best on the planet btw) a lady was there w/her 2 kids and was trying to pick up her pizza. they couldnt find it and it shouldve been done. the lady called someone, on her cell, to find out what was up, then she said, "oh no, youre kidding", and hung up. meanwhile, i told the worker my name and she took care of me and i headed to my car. the lady and her kids came out and i smiled and said, "you went to the wrong place, right?" she smiled and said "yes". then she came toward me and her face rang a bell w/me. she asked if i was karyn and i said "yes". then she called her kids over and introduced me as a "very important person" in her life. she told me her name and we both hugged and cried....right there by the street in the parking lot. she had been a teenage patient where i work over a decade ago and she and i had connected emotionally right away. then something really intense happened and the bond was made even stronger. anyway, she said that she had just been talking about me, a month ago, to a nurse that used to work where i work. this young woman is now a beautition (so am i). we continued to weep and wipe joyfilled tears and i told her that she wouldnt believe this either, but i was just sharing about her to someone just 2 weeks ago. coincidence? i dont believe it for one minute. this was out and out destiny and God-ordained to come together in this particular moment in time. needless to say, im going to go to her to get my haircut soon. (which i was needing to do anyway) i believe this meeting is exactly why i kept putting off going where ive always gone for h/c's. she gave me her card and we vowed to get together.

i shared this last little story w/you all to say this...........there is no such thing as coincidences. she and i both sharing with someone else about our "connection" those 10+ yrs ago just w/in the last month? nope............this is a relationship that Our Heavenly Father wanted renewed. these kinds of things are the things that a walk w/Christ is made of. it still makes me tear up just sharing this, because my Heavenly Father went to extravagant lengths to accomplish His will. and last night, this lovely young woman and i were the blessed recipients of His loving plan in its complition.

gonna close for now, and leave you with this............coincidences are God's extravagant plan for us. dont dismiss them or minimize them. they can make us weep w/joy, and im certain that He sitting back and saying........."ahhhhh, well done!"