Name:Carolyn Country:United States State:Ohio Metro:Springfield Birthday:4/14/1953 Gender:Female
Interests:Building a closer relationship to God; working on being a success at the expertises listed below; reading, movies,on T.V.: American Idol, & crying over Extreme Makeover-Home Edition!, music, computer, handcrafts, cooking, learning about other cultures, M.K.'s & their parents, the Philippines & India, and more. Expertise:Hopefully: Teaching, being a wife, mom, grandma, (etc.) and friend. Occupation:Education/training Industry:Education/Research
I was sent this by Chris on Facebook, and since the things that I blog here end up in my Notes over there, I thought I'd "kill those 2 {proverbial} birds with 1 stone"! SO . . . HERE IT GOES:
You've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with the ABC's of YOU. At the end, choose 26 people to be tagged. You have to tag me so really you just need 25 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.
(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your ABC's of Me, tag people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
ABC's of CAROLYN
A - Age: 56
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: Straightening up my office! (Having to decide what to throw away is always hard for me.)
D - Dog's name: Don't own one
E - Essential start your day item: Eye glasses
F - Favorite color: GREEN
G - Gold or silver: Gold, but usually white gold
H - Height: 5' 4½ "
I - Instruments you play: just singing these days
J - Job Title: Private teacher
K - Kids: 2 sons, 1 daughter: Tom, Shaun, & Marci
L - Living arrangements: private home w/hubby; basement apt. currently has older son & DIL
M - Mom's name: Dorothy (Dotty)
N - Nicknames: C.J., Ceej, Carol, Ate, Auntie, Wifey, Mom, Grandma (to name a few)
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: foot surgeries (3) in ‘68 & (1) in‘95; two childbirths
P - Pet peeve - dishonesty, disrespect, prejudice, & ingratitude
Q - Quote from a movie: "...I shall return" - from the movie by the same name - bio of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
R - Right or Left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 3 from my folks, 10 from my hubby, & gazillions from the Lord (incl. a special mention for Tess! - yakap!)
T - Time you wake up: As early as 8, as late as 11:30 ~ depending on the day, & what I have to do.
U - Urgent thing on your "To Do List": Straightening up my office!
V - Vegetable you dislike: beets & brussel sprouts
W - Ways you run late: procrastination & distractability, to name just a couple
X - X-rays you've had: All over da body!
Y - Yummy food you make: Lots… but I'm especially known for the Filipino cuisine
Z - Zoo Favorite: monkeys & any baby animals
I have a photo posted on BetsaflyGallery: the subject this time is "Flowers" ~ and there are some really nice pix!
Well, I'm off to bed in a bit.
Bible study is tomorrow at 9:30.
TTYL!
WORDS FOR TODAY: 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Just a few things I'm reading, listening to, & doing
JUST A QUICKIE POST ~
1. Before bed reading - None of These Diseases - I've read it several times, and this is the old original classic that I had back in high school days, I believe. It has actually been updated, but I don't have it. It's an informative and convicting read.
2. Listening to lots of music: I enjoy so many genres and I listen on Playlist, Pandora, & YouTube as well as to my private collection on my Windows Media Player. I found this video on YouTube... Andrea Bocelli on Sesame Street with Elmo. Now anyone of those three would be a favorite for me, but all three at once? --Well, you just have to watch it and listen to it to appreciate its genius... just too sweet and fun! I'll have to play it for Tristen, unless her folks do it first! 3. Doing? Obviously Xanga, Facebook, listening and reading, but also gardening and visiting friends, and trying new recipes, and .... I'm on Joshua as I am reading through the Bible since June 1st, and ..... well, that's enough for tonight. Enjoy the video, and I'll see y'all around later.
I've had this verse running through my head all week. I sing the song over and over again which I've known since my childhood; the song is word for word below.... just as it is in the KJV. It is a good verse upon which to meditate and to use as a prayer of commitment.
“I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless, I live; yet not I, but Christ, liveth in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, Who loves me and gave His life for me.” ~Galatians 2:20
Throughout the month of June we have been looking at some heroes in the Bible. Tonight we looked at a man of great courage, faithfulness, and trust in the Lord ~ Caleb.
We began with a couple of rousing run-throughs of the fun, action song ~ "I'm in the Lord's Army" (the 1st one featured on my playlist - 29 seconds of it at least) ~ and then learned some important life lessons from the stories of Caleb's life.
Instead of a work/color sheet and craft related to the story I handed out the worksheet at the bottom of this post for the parents to be able to see what we learned.
After spending some time in prayer together, we had an appropriately colored red, white, & blue Rice Krispy Treat. Each child also received a little container of Play-Doh, and we made various things for each other to guess -- enough being food items that this teacher (who never eats until after our class) was getting hungry! We also had a contest to see who could roll the longest play-doh snake!
Braden watches Maddie cheesing with /// Rylie waits to eat her snack, & Isaac a colorful snack in her teeth! /// doesn't want me to see his colorful smile.
Rylie's victory pose. /// The snake becomes a smile, the boys provide the round eyes, & Maddie's pink apple becomes a pink nose for the smiley face with --- NOTE:
~ the little detail of a "bugie" at the tip of the nose!
Well, I am closing off here with the handout sheet as promised . . . It is all of the things below highlighted in blue.
A LESSON IN FAITH AND COURAGE
(Numbers 13-14 & Joshua 14 & 15:13-17)
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you.” (Isaiah 41:10, NIV)
What lessons can we learn from Caleb?
1. He was fully trusted God to do what He said He would do.
2. He encouraged others to believe God’s Word, and His power.
3. He had courage even when he and Joshua were the only two of the twelve spies to bring back a good report about the land that God had promised Israel.
4. He stayed true to God even when all Israel was against Moses, Aaron, Joshua and himself.
5. He was patient, and waited for 45 years for God’s promise to him to receive the land.
6. At 85 he was still strong & courageous; he trusted God to help him defeat the giant enemies & he encouraged others to trust God, too.
7. He gave God the glory for his strength.
8. He remained faithful to God all of his life.
Here are two lessons from these stories:
(1) Our actions influence other people. If we have a positive attitude, we are an encouragement to others for good. If we have a negative attitude, we discourage others. (2) God doesn't expect us to do everything on our own. Maybe you have started to a new school. Do you lack the courage to make new friends? Do you feel like you are a "grasshopper" in the sight of others? Take courage. God will help you.
2 LESSONS - adapted from some source (can’t find it now).
An excellent commentary by Breakpoint founder Charles Colson
I could not find anything on their website that indicated a way to display a link for the Breakpoint commentaries to Facebook or Xanga, although there was the opportunity to e-mail the commentary to a friend. So since this is such an excellent commentary, and I really want as many of you all to be able to read it, please consider this blog as an "e-mailing" to you!
BreakPoint Commentaries
Music in Utero
By Chuck Colson 6/29/2009
The Smiling Unborn Child
In 1984, a video called The Silent Scream helped change the way people think about the unborn child. The footage of an actual abortion and the fetus’s reaction reminded us that abortion involves the death of a real person.
A recent bit of footage has similar potential, only it couldn’t be more different from The Silent Scream.
The footage was part of a recent PBS special, The Music Instinct: Science & Song. The program was an exploration of, among other things, music’s “biological, emotional and psychological impact on humans.”
Part of this “exploration” included how music affects babies. If we are, as some scientists believe, “wired for music,” then babies are ideal test subjects since their reactions are, by definition, instinctual.
Part of this research involved the effect of music on fetuses. While we knew that mothers often sing to their unborn children, we weren’t sure that the unborn child could hear them.
We are now.A segment of The Music Instinct featured Sheila C. Woodward of the University of Southern California, who has studied fetal responses to music. A camera and a microphone designed for underwater use were inserted into the uterus of a pregnant woman. And then Woodward sang.
The hydrophone picked up two sounds: the “whooshing” of the uterine artery and the unmistakable sound of a woman singing a lullaby.
Then something extraordinary happened. Upon hearing the woman’s voice, the unborn child smiled.
It was one of those moments that makes you catch your breath. The full humanity of the fetus could not have been clearer if he had turned to the camera and winked.
Apparently, fetal responses to music aren’t limited to smiling. They have been observed moving their hands in response to music, almost as if conducting. They have been soothed by Vivaldi and disturbed by loud tracks from Beethoven. They have even responded “rhythmically to rhythms tapped on [their] mother’s belly.”
Perhaps understandably, the connection between fetal responses to music and abortion weren’t mentioned in the show. What is not so understandable is that the program’s website contains no mention of Woodward and her findings. It’s as if someone realized the implications and hoped nobody would notice.
I don’t think that there’s some kind of conspiracy afoot. I just think that the PBS people’s worldview won’t allow them to make the obvious connection. Abortion on demand is only possible if people minimize the similarities between the fetus and us.
That kind of denial is hard work because what we have learned in the past 25 years makes any denial of the fetus’ humanity absurd. So instead of looking at the evidence, many people don’t see it. Call it “worldview-induced blindness.”
In other words, they have eyes but cannot see, ears but cannot hear.
Humans, we are told, are a “musical species” whose brain devotes more to the appreciation of music than even the processing of language. That makes someone who smiles and moves his hands in response to music undeniably human, whether we notice it or not.
In the past four days, three famous American personages have died.
Yes, that is correct THREE!
And I dare say that there are hundreds, or perhaps thousands more non-famous Americans, and definitely non-Americans who have died as well, yet who are much beloved by those who knew them.
I am not going to say much about Michael Jackson. He was a man who was loved and/or adored by many fans, family, & friends, and he was a very gifted individual. You can watch, listen or read what everyone has to say about him, and visit internet sites 24/7 to learn all that you want about him. Here he is at age eleven when he first became famous as part of the Jackson Five. That is when I most liked him & his music.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)
Farrah Fawcett succumbed to her 3-year battle with cancer earlier in the day, on the same day that Michael died, and so was unfortunately hardly given any coverage at all by the news. She had chosen to make public her struggle with cancer to benefit others, and had her friend Alana Stewart document the the highs and lows of her battle with the disease (as I understand - to inspire others), and it had just aired on May 15th on NBC (I missed it).
I used to watch her on Charlie's Angels - the first season (1976-77) being her only year on the show; this picture is from that time period. She will be much missed by her closest friends - among whom would be Ryan O'Neal who was her long-time love. I learned from researching on Wikipedia that she was the only surviving child of her 91-year-old father, James Fawcett, since her older sister had died of lung cancer at the age of 62 (which was the age of Farrah).
Farrah Fawcett (February 2, 1947– June 25, 2009)
The person whom I wish to talk the most about on this post is Ed McMahon. He was known as that most famous "side-kick" of Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show(1962-1992). He was also known as the host of Star Search (1983-1995), and for co-hosting the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon each year. He was known for many other public shows, hostings, advertisements, etc. -- but it is not for these I am writing this. If you want to know more you can go to Wikipedia, which is where I learned much of this information. The one thing that I learned which I would like to share is this. I am quoting this directly from the Wikipedia article.
During World War II, McMahon was a fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps serving as a flight instructor and test pilot. He was a decorated pilot (six Air Medals) and was discharged in 1946, remaining in the reserves.[5] . . . After college, McMahon returned to active duty. . . He was sent to Korea in February 1952. He flew unarmed OE-1 Bird Dogs on 85 tactical air control and artillery spotting missions. He remained in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring with the rank of Colonel in 1966 and was then commissioned as a Brigadier General in the California Air National Guard.
Edward Leo Peter "Ed" McMahon, Jr.
(March 6, 1923 – June 23, 2009)
More information (and this picture) can be found here ~ at the California State Military Museum website.
There is one thing that each of these who passed into Eternity this week have in common with each other, and that is true for each one of us on this planet. That is stated in the holy Scriptures: "each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment" ( Hebrews 9:27 - NLT). But thankfully, that isn't all that this passage says, or it could seem pretty dire for all of us as we look beyond our sojourn here on earth. The Good News is also found in this passage of Scripture as we read the remainder of this chapter, but for now I will quote all of the verse above with the verse following it. (vs. 28).
"And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment, so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him."
And who are those eagerly awaiting His return? The following well beloved verse and the verses that follow it tell who we are who eagerly await His coming, as well as how to be sure that we are among those.
John 3:16-18 (NLT)
“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son."
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