Have you ever awakened from a sound sleep blinked your crusty eyelid while blearily looking at the alarm clock and wondering what planet you were on? No? I don’t believe you.
That happens to me more and more these days. I can’t remember where I am. I’ve had the weirdest dream and can’t quite separate reality from my dream world. Actually I mix three worlds. There is the U.S. world, the Brazil world and the world that twirls in my brain. That is the scary one.
Today was NOT one of those twirled world days set apart by the above mentioned scenario. Thank the Lord. Today was Maria’s birthday. Dawn has been giving Maria a Bible study for the past eight weeks and today was her *******th birthday.
It was a simple affair put together by her daughter Mirela. Mirela is a stitch. She is 10 going on 25 and as creative as they come. She and her friends Jenifer and Ingrid had made little “treats” which included flour, sugar and corn! Yum. Dawn made one of her luscious cakes, brought along the candles and a small gift.
It was simple but fun. We gave Ingrid, Jenifer, Genisis and Val, Ingrid’s mom, a ride back to their homes afterwards. On the way something came up that made me giggle. One of the ladies said to me, “What month are we in?”
What time? Ok. What day? Maybe. BUT what MONTH? That was funny.
Dawn and I got to talking about that comment. We came to the conclusion that it might be a beautiful day in the Neighborhood but that doesn’t distinguish it from any other day. The hours, days and months all run together into one of those twirly brain dream like states.
We have church, Bible studies and other obligations that add spice and variety to our lives. People in the hood mark time with little change to set one day apart from the other. It seems to be beans, rice, school, wash, sleep, beans, rice, school, wash... you get the drift. In one word Boring!
This brings to mind Jesus words again, “Ye are the salt of the earth.” We bring salt. Salt adds flavor and flavor is the spice of life and the stuff that good dreams are made of.
That happens to me more and more these days. I can’t remember where I am. I’ve had the weirdest dream and can’t quite separate reality from my dream world. Actually I mix three worlds. There is the U.S. world, the Brazil world and the world that twirls in my brain. That is the scary one.
Today was NOT one of those twirled world days set apart by the above mentioned scenario. Thank the Lord. Today was Maria’s birthday. Dawn has been giving Maria a Bible study for the past eight weeks and today was her *******th birthday.
It was a simple affair put together by her daughter Mirela. Mirela is a stitch. She is 10 going on 25 and as creative as they come. She and her friends Jenifer and Ingrid had made little “treats” which included flour, sugar and corn! Yum. Dawn made one of her luscious cakes, brought along the candles and a small gift.
It was simple but fun. We gave Ingrid, Jenifer, Genisis and Val, Ingrid’s mom, a ride back to their homes afterwards. On the way something came up that made me giggle. One of the ladies said to me, “What month are we in?”
What time? Ok. What day? Maybe. BUT what MONTH? That was funny.
Dawn and I got to talking about that comment. We came to the conclusion that it might be a beautiful day in the Neighborhood but that doesn’t distinguish it from any other day. The hours, days and months all run together into one of those twirly brain dream like states.
We have church, Bible studies and other obligations that add spice and variety to our lives. People in the hood mark time with little change to set one day apart from the other. It seems to be beans, rice, school, wash, sleep, beans, rice, school, wash... you get the drift. In one word Boring!
This brings to mind Jesus words again, “Ye are the salt of the earth.” We bring salt. Salt adds flavor and flavor is the spice of life and the stuff that good dreams are made of.
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