One of the blessings at Promise Christian Academy is called Lunch Club.  Mrs. Barron fixes lunch for the kiddos and purposefully works to expand their preferred foods.  Little was getting more and more picky until she started with Lunch club and now I can quote her as saying, “May I have a hamburger?” and “I love the carrot souffle!”  Thank you Promise Christian Academy!

That’s right, folks! Honey took another walk last night and received paper that says he finished another Master’s Degree.  (For those keeping score at home. . . we have been married 12.5 years and 7 of those have involved Honey attending an institution of higher learning.)  I am so very proud of him and so thankful for the way God provided for His education. . . again.

The ceremony was held in a beautiful church in Midtown and everyone who graduated was part of the School of Professional Studies. . . that means everyone was over 30, most had children, and one even had to have help walking across the stage because she was so much older.  It was exciting to be a part of it all.

It was also a very “you and me” evening.  It was the first thing we’ve done with no extended family surrounding us; it was just me on a pew clapping for my other half.  I am not a “hoot and holler” type gal and I was a bit panicked that people would hear crickets and a lone clapper when Honey walked across the stage.  Truth is that folks we don’t know rejoiced with us because they had lived the challenge too and knew that this man had accomplished something huge.

Congrats, Honey! I am so very proud of you and can’t wait to see how God’s going to use these things you have learned.

I had decided for him – he wasn’t doing baseball.   I had decided that he wasn’t super coordinated and so he wouldn’t want to play; he wouldn’t want to stand around and not play.  I was selfish.  I was wrong.

Bubs is on a 1st grade baseball team with 18 of his “closest friends”.  The first practice was in  April and since then we have had two practices and two games. . . all the others have been cancelled due to rain.  It’s comical how it has rained on Tuesdays and Saturdays. . . random and comical.

Bubs is having a blast.  There is really only one boy who seems to have skills and the rest of the team is struggling to learn the basics.  Honey has been out in the yard working with Bubba but there is only so much one can expect from seven-year olds.  It was fun to watch how much Bubba likes it.  He wants to do better and is willing to practice.  His relationships are also fun to watch; the Lord is giving him friends

There’s been two games and he’s had two hits.

The coaches have been encouraging and kind.

The team is 0-2 but Bubba was able to score one run and bat in another.  The Lord has truly been gracious.

And what does Bubba have to say to all this?
“I really want to play basketball, mom.”

THAT’S MY BOY!!!!!