First Post Ever

Hi Folks, Okay, so I have lots of random thoughts and things, and a blog seemed like a good place to put them. Props to Cheryl W. for being a good example of good blogging, and for encouraging me after getting tired of me IMing her my deluded rants. Today we'll start with something a little less silly than many of the posts to come. Don't worry, the bizarre stuff will be here soon enough . . . A few days ago, my beloved sister-in-law Bev mentioned that children need adults who invest in them (obviously in more than a monetary way). I was thinking of that last night, when I attended a play. See, the play was being stage managed by my friend Lauren, and I was there with my friend Erica. Both are intelligent, beautiful, moral, Christian, functioning members of our society. The part that is relevant is that I've known them both since they were pre-schoolers, taught them in Sunday School, been their Youth Leader and even babysat them. Like Steve Martin in Father of the Bride, I could look at these women and see 6-year-olds, but also, I can see the adults they've become. It occured to me what a fabulous double return I've gotten from my investment in them. Though their parents get the majority of the credit, I feel as though I can look at them as they go out into the world, and say "Some little part of that is because of me". The other bonus I get - now that we are all peers, I get two great friends! I had a wonderful time talking to them both after the show and thought how indescribably wonderful it is to have two more friends that I have such a long history with. Not everyone is cut out to work with children, or with senior citizens or the homeless or what-have-you, but I encourage you, find something to invest in outside of your own life. It took years for my "investments" to mature, but the riches I've recieved made every minute worthwhile. Thanks for bearing with me for my first-ever blog post. Next time, I promise to be much less serious :D