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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 8/30/2008 9:32:25 AM
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Prairiehiker
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And Jewel, that was a nice compliment. That would have me beaming from ear to ear if a child calls me that. My daughter always calls me an old fart, lol. But today in the pool, she said she has a really hot mom who looks like she's 17, lol. She was trying to get me to buy her an ice cream cone...ha ha. Kids...they make life so wonderful!
Thank you! 
Well, even if you're daughter had ulterior motives, I agree with her (NOT about being an old fart, what she said in the pool today).
She does try to give me compliments every once in a whle. Awhile back, she was trying to tell me I look good for a mom of almost 40, she said that I looked good enough to be a hobbit. LOL! I don't know what was going on in her mind, but she was definitely trying to give me some sort of a compliment that sounded right to her....lol.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 9/2/2008 10:55:14 AM
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iwillfearnoevil
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not sure why so many people think being married would mean an end to road trips but i'll start off with my own great moment from this weekend.
saturday i took my grandmother to the yankees game in new york ... it was the fulfillment of last year's Christmas present to her ... she is a huge yankees fan and watches almost every game especially the last few years with my grandfather passed away ... it's always been something else for us to talk about, etc and she had only been one other time ... the traffic for the 3 hour trip each way was perfect ... got a good parking spot at the garage and the seats were fantasticly unbelievable and we didn't have to walk that far (she is having some hip problems). a home run landed pretty close by too! she was SO happy and i just know whenever i run into one of her friends around town, they'll mention it cause she'll talk about it forever. i had a blast too and was so glad i could go. if i was married, my spouse would have been welcome to come. it would have been just as great either way but this day wasn't any less great because i was unmarried, it just wasn't a factor.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 9/2/2008 11:17:05 AM
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Ed, that is one of the greatest Great Moments I have ever heard! And actually, in some ways it is nice that it was just the two of you. That one on one time is so nice for a Grandma/Mom! I love my DDIL. She is the next best thing to having had a daughter of my own (heck sometimes I forget she isn't my "own"), but I still love the times when it is just my DS and I that "go out". Both are very special in their own way (time with DDIl and time without).
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 9/2/2008 11:49:39 AM
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this day wasn't any less great because i was unmarried, it just wasn't a factor. Hey Ed.......I am so glad you had a great time...........and I completely agree with the mindset encouraged in your last line...........there are so many great moments in our lives which are not dependent on our marital status.
I had many fun, happy, laughing, and wonderful moments this weekend as well as some really great moments.
K and I wanted to go up north and had thought of going to Beaver Island...........the logistics of going, having decided at the last minute to travel for sure, were not coming together and we were both second guessing the decision to go.
We decided, since camping is limited to campsites which are very limited on the Island, camping might not be the best option so called around looking for a cheap, last minute room rate. No one was answering the phone at any of the small, family ran motels/inns on the island.
I left phone messages at six inns along with a pm to a CW'er(Veronica) who was from a nearby area asking her advise on whether she thought camping would be available on the mainland up there.
Frustrated with lack of progress in our planning process I picked up my phone as I was driving home from dinner with friends to check voicemail.
I had a voice mail from Veronica.........offering her home for K and I to stay.......I knew it would be a perfect solution but my pride and that "I don't want to impose" mindset was rearing it's ugly head when I heard that soft gentle voice say........Dawn to grow in me you have to learn to receive from me..............
So I call Veronica back, verified she truly didn't mind us staying there, and called K to finalize our plans.........
It was a great moment when I gave the planning over to God and just trusted him that he knew the type of weekend I needed more then I did........and you know what he was right........going to the Island would have been a lot more hassle, cost almost twice what we spent and it was not what we needed........a weekend getaway at Veronica's was and both K and I were blessed.
Another great moment happened after a very fun day, followed by dinner on a roof top deck with lots of laughter and enjoyment(including a handsome, funny gentleman who was eager to wait on us.. ) while we were sitting, at a park, watching the sunset over one of Lake Michigan's Bay's
It was pretty but not by far great, lacking clouds I would say it was actually a little ordinary, when something happened which caused a pause moment.........you know those moments when your life seems to take a pause as God places punctuation in the sentence of your life.........
I am not sure if the moment was great to the others but to me it was very much a great moment.........
I had just been sharing a little about what God has been doing in my life lately. I shared how a few months ago God showed me in a very clear and pointed way that past all the things I think about myself the deepest root problem was I saw myself as unworthy.
I shared how God had revealed to me how unworthy I saw myself, the lies about myself I had been believing, and then the truth God spoke to me once I asked Him to forgive me for believing the lie I was unworthy........
Just as I finished sharing how God has shown me lately that I am worthy of love, of respect, of so many things because I am the daughter of the King.......God did something so amazing, so great, my life paused..........
In the red colors of the sunset he formed a crown which covered the horizon from north to south...........the complete expanse was covered in a reddish/orangiest colored crown.......God seperated the top part of the red sky and clearly drew points forming a crown........it was amazing to see.
I stared at it and thought of the words.......crowded in glory and honor....majesty and power........
The same crown worn upon the head of the King of kings and Lord of lords belongs to us......for we are his royal children .......We are worthy.......not because of who we are but because we are heirs to the crown of the King above all kings.......
It was great moment.....seeing the crown.......
Thank you Lord for a royal weekend............
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 9/2/2008 11:49:34 PM
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not sure why so many people think being married would mean an end to road trips but i'll start off with my own great moment from this weekend.
For me, I don't think that being married will be an end to road trips, but I'm not sure if I'd be able to travel as much as I have in the past - since costs will be multiplied. So a trip that would have cost me $700 (round trip airfare, hotel for a couple of days, rental car, and some spending money) might cost more if a husband AND kids are involved. I also think that it would be a bit harder to just do things at the spur of the moment (like suddenly take an unplanned 3 hour drive to see the mountains after church) if more people are involved than just me or just me and my husband.
I'd love to be married like most others on this board - but at the same time, I really love many aspects of being single. I'm so ready for the transition that sometimes I feel like I could just burst - but at the same time, I look around and appreciate all that I have - particularly the flexibility in my life. I think a lot of this is due to me being single - but also to me not having kids. (I think it would be harder then). But on the other hand - there are many joys to being married and having kids that I am missing out on. If the right man came along, I'd trade in all of this for him in a minute - but at the same time, I'm in no rush because there are advantages and disadvantages to each state of being. I don't know, maybe I'm learning how to be content?
I'm glad iwillfearnoevil that you had a wonderful weekend - and I'm also glad Joy2Give2U that you had one as well. I'm glad that both of you were able to treasure the moments and were able to share them here.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 10/1/2008 4:33:40 PM
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iwillfearnoevil
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you are right it does get harder with more people rgod. i am very blessed to have a lot of family in the area that spends a lot of time with my daughter to give me flexibility. there are some good pros and cons to living near family. your attitude about learning to be content is great and probably translate to being attractive (i don't think many guys feel clingyness or desperation as an attractive quality).
thanks for the encouragement joy2give2u and rgod for posting my great moment. i'll post another. this past weekend, i only had my daughter for a little bit but we made the best of it and visited a local farm for their fall festival featuring multiple mazes including a fence/fort maze, 80' underground slide, pig races, this cow train which was kinda like a roller coaster kinda but on the ground, giant gerbil wheels for humans, yummy food. pics on my photoblog (linked in my sig if anyone wants to see). it was a great day cause i was with my daughter and we've been wanting to go for a few weeks now. marital status didn't matter that day.
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RE: Great Moments (for singles) - 10/1/2008 4:43:49 PM
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One of my greatest moments happened at camp this year, I got to go as a leader and I was the
captain of one of the sand volleyball teams, our youth pastor had me on A team, the better
players, but I chose to take B team because I wanted to show the younger and less experienced
teens that if we worked together we could accomplish a lot. We went out there and the kids
played their heart out and ended up getting third out of 24 teams, I was so proud of them! The
funny thing is our church's A team only got fifth! I wouldn't have gotten the chance to go and
help out if I had been busy in a relationship and it was really a great highlight of this past
summer! I have lots more, just can't think of them at the moment!
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