SORRY–WAS OUT OF COMMISSION THE LAST BIT, AMONG OTHER THINGS. PLAYING CATCH UP…U R NOT 4GOTTEN!
Author: Jenny
SO CUTE
FIA WAS TYPING AN EMAIL 2 MY MOM, & TOTALLY USED A SHORTCUT SHE’S SEEN ME DO (SHE LOVES 2 RECITE STORIES 4 ME 2 TYPE, W/ONLY A FEW SENTENCES ON EACH PG., SO SHE CAN DRAW A PIC. BELOW MY TYPING): IF I PLAN 2 USE A LENGTHY WORD OR PHRASE REPEATEDLY, I RIGHT CLICK & COPY IT, 2 LATER PASTE IT IN… SHE DID IT, PURPOSELY TRYING 2 BE LIKE ME , & I WAS SOOO PROUD! LOL
SHE ADORES BEING LIKE ME 4 SOME REASON (SIMILARITIES—SOME SHE DOESN’T EVEN REALIZE: PIERCED EARS, SCRAPBOOKS—A SIMILAR LOVE OF STICKERS & CREATIVE WRITING HELP FOSTER THIS, ADORES LEARNING ASL, MUSIC LOVER WHO LIKES SINGING & DANCING &, LOVES TYPING/JOURNALLING, PLAYS TEACHER, SCARED OF SPIDERS, ETC.)
FIA ACTUALLY SAID SATURDAY THAT SHE WISHED SHE HAD A STROKE! I’D NEVER EVER CURSE HER W/1, BUT THAT’S EITHER THE DUMBEST THING THAT I’VE HEARD, OR THE MOST BRILLIANT.
DUMB: IT PRETTY WELL EXPLAINS ITSELF!
BRILLIANT: SHE IS WILLING 2 HAVE A TRIAL, IN ORDER 2 GET THE BLESSINGS! OF MY KIDS, SHE’S FOUND QUIET TIMES THAT WE R ALONE, WHERE SHE CAN SIT ON MY LAP, & CONFESS NOT RECALLING ME B4 MY STROKE (HECK, SHE WAS BARELY 2!) FROM HER COMMENTS, I KNOW SHE WASN’T REFERRING 2 NOT WALKING OR TALKING, BUT, TRULLY, WHO WOULDN’T ENJOY BENEFITS LIKE FOOD BEING BROUGHT 2 U & FED 2 U?
I’M MOST HONORED THAT SHE’S ABLE 2 LOOK PAST MY DISABILITIES, & C OTHER BLESSINGS FROM A STROKE, W/O A LIST!
BTW, SHE WAS ON MY COMP., CHECKING EMAIL, & IT LED 2 YOUTUBE, WHERE SHE ASKED 2 CHECK OUT HER VIEWING #. SHE & JESS ALWAYS CHECK THE VIEWING # ON 2 LINKS:
HERE’S ZACH’S, 4 FUN:
IF U’VE SEEN THEM, THEN U CAN STOP READING: IT ONLY COUNTS EVERY NEW COMP. THAT LOOKS. OTHERWISE, CAN I ASK U 2 LOOK? & MAYBE LEAVE A TEXT MESSAGE? (FIA THINKS I AM THE COOLEST PERSON, BECAUSE MY WEB VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED MORE & HAS 2 TEXT RESPONSES!
THE RESULTS…
THX 4 THE PRAYERS—IT REALLY HELPED, & HELPED ME BATTLE PBA! IT WAS MY UNSEEN ARMY!
I MANAGED NOT 2 CRY–ACTUALLY, IT’S HOW U C IT: THERE WAS “SILENT CRYING.” BUT THERE WAS NO HOWLING, OR STRAIGHTENING MY LEFT LEG, OR ANYTHING.
THIS WAS A BIG DEAL—NOT JUST BECAUSE I COULD DO SOMETHING I LOVED & NEVER SAW AS POSSIBLE….& NOT BECAUSE THE ACTUAL PART MEANT SO VERY MUCH, BUT BECAUSE I DID WHAT I HAVE TRIED 2 DO FOR ALMOST 5 YRS.—WHICH WAS 2 NOT HAVE ACTUAL OUT LOUD TEARS, DRAWING ATTENTION 2 MYSELF. SO, 2 ME, IT WAS A SUCCESS!
REMEMBER THE LIST I STARTED LAST DEC., “BLESSINGS FROM A STROKE”? THOUGHT OF 3 MORE:
1. I CAN DISCIPLINE MY KIDS ANYWHERE—EVEN ON STAGE!
2. IF A ZIPPER BREAKS IN BACK, WHO CARES? NO1 CAN TELL! & STAPLES WORK WONDERS!
3. I CAN GIVE THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE WORDS, LIKE I SAID WAS NEAT IN MY ENSIGN ARTICLE (WHEN SONGS WERE SIGNED). (LIKE THE SIGN 4 “GOD”—A PALM STRETCHED HEAVENWARD, & EYES LOOK UP—IS JUST A NEAT VISUAL REPRESENTATION).
I’VE SLOWLY BEEN ADDING 2 IT, & AM APROACHING #50! I AM SHOCKED THERE’S THAT MANY, ESP. KNOWING THAT I’VE 4GOT SOME!
IN THE PLAY, THERE WAS 2 ANGEL LINES. THE 1ST LINE, I PLANNED 2 START SIGNING, BUT SINCE IT WAS 2 LONG, I’D “PASS THE TORCH” 2 JESS, SO SHE COULD READ THE REST. WHEN JESSIE READ, IT WAS THE HARDEST. I SILENTLY CRIED AT THE END…SHE WAS SO NERVOUS, & I WAS SO PROUD OF HER!
LAST X-MAS I MENTIONED HOW I RELATE 2 THIS SONG—NOT AS IF I WAS A HEAVENLY ANGEL, BUT THE HERE & NOW: “HANDEL’S DREAM” FROM THE UNFORGOTTEN CAROLS, BY MICHAEL McLEAN.
THE STORY IS ESSENTIALLY ABOUT AN ANGEL, WHO CAN’T SING (NEITHER CAN I, NOW, THOUGH I HEAR SONGS IN MY HEAD/HEART), BUT AUDITIONS ANYWAY, 2 ANNOUCE CHRIST’S BIRTH. I LOVE HIS STATEMENT THAT “IF U COULD HEAR WHAT’S IN MY HEART, U’D LET ME SING!”
HE’S LATER INFORMED THAT HE HAS A “DIFFERENT” VOICE (I BELIEVE I DO 2), & THAT SOMEDAY, HE WILL BE GIVEN A VOICE, & HEARD (I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT I WILL 2).
THAT NIGHT I WAS GIVEN A VOICE, & HEARD!
BUT, I WANTED THE FOCUS ON CHRIST, NOT ON ME. I’D REALLY PRAYED NOT 2 CRY, DESPITE MY EXTREME EMOTION— I REFUSED 2 LET MYSELF THINK OF “HANDEL’S DREAM,” BUT I TOTALLY FELT IT!
THANK U 4 YOUR HELP!
CATCHING UP
SO I’VE BEEN REALLY BAD LATELY AT POSTING ABOUT SOME BASIC STUFF IN MY LIFE, WHICH I USUALLY POST ABOUT, SO I CAN TYPE IT JUST ONCE, & ADDRESS BUNCHES OF PEOPLE. SO, THIS MAY BE A BORING POST, SINCE RATHER THAN ANSWER 100S OF EMAILS SEPERATELY, I’LL ANSWER LOTS RIGHT NOW, W/THIS POST:
1. LAST SPRING, R WARD SPLIT. WE WERE SENT 2 A NEW WARD. MY PARENTS & A DIFFERENT BRO. & HIS FAM. WENT THERE ALREADY…
I GOT A NEW CALLING AS ASST. WARD MUSIC CHAIRPERSON. IT’S VERY INTERESTING 2 SHARE THIS CALLING, BUT SEEMS WELL SPLIT. I BASICALLY FIND THE SPECIAL MUSICAL #’S 4 EACH SACRAMENT MEETING.
2. 4 HALLOWEEN, WE DRESSED AS:
Halloween Costumes
FIA—½ ANGEL, ½ DEVIL (SHE PICKED IT OUT)
JESS—R CAT, TIGER
ZACH—INDIANA JONES
ME—DOROTHY FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ (I HAD ACTUALLY BOUGHT THE NON-REFUNDABLE COSTUME & EVERYTHING LAST YEAR, ONLY 2 DISCOVER IT FIT LIKE A BABY DOLL DRESS–& THERE’S NO WAY 2 SIT IN THAT ALL NIGHT! MY MOM DOES WELL W/COSTUMES, SO SHE FIXED IT UP 4 ME)
R PUMPKIN WAS ENORMOUS: JESS & FIA FIT INSIDE!
The Huge Pumpkin
3. ABOUT THANKSGIVING:
THANKSGIVING WEEK WAS BUSY & FUN, W/LOTS OF RELATIVES & ACTIVITIES. THE ACTUAL DAY, WE HAD TURDUCKEN (TURKET STUFFED W/DUCK, STUFFED W/QUAIL), SAWA BIG FIREWORK SHOW THAT NIGHT & THERE WAS LIKE 48 PEOPLE AT MY PARENTS–MOST OF 3 FAMILIES: MINE, MK’S, & MY IN-LAW’S FAM.
FRI. WE HAD FAM. PICS. I WAS SO EXCITED 2 GET A PIC. W/MK’S FAM. & MY FAM.–IT’S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING.
The Lynn Family
4 THE 1ST TIME EVER, I WAS THE “COOL AUNT.” WHO’D HAVE GUESSED? MY 4 YR. OLD NEPHEW (AN AGE USUALLY SCARED 2 DEATH OF ME), & I, WERE INSEPERABLE.
WED., HE’D SEEN ME, & JUST CLIMBED IN MY LAP. HE HADN’T SEEN ANY1 CLIMB IN MY LAP, (& NO1 EXCEPT MY GIRLS, AT HOME, EVER HAD CLIMBED IN MY LAP). THE OTHER KIDS WERE BUSY PLAYING W/COUSINS, BUT HE JUST SAW MY W/C, & WANTED A RIDE. I’M COOL W/THAT.
BY THURS., HE WAS “MY BUDDY” & HUGGING ME. I THOUGHT HE JUST LIKED ME 4 MY W/C, BUT HE FOUND ME 2 SAY HI AT FAM. PICS, INSISTED 2 SIT BY ME, & HAD ANNOUCED EARLIER 2 ME: “I JUST WANTED U 2 KNOW I’M HERE!”
BY SUN. NIGHT, 2 NIECES GOT BRAVE, HOPPED ON ME, & FOUGHT 4 TURNS!
I WAS ABLE 2 SAY BYE W/O CRYING, BUT WHEN I GOT 2 THE DOOR, HE HOPPED ON & SAID HE WANTED 2 GO HOME W/ME…I BURST INTO TEARS…
GIVING W/C RIDES MAKES ME A COOL MOM, APPARENTLY AT LEAST, JESS & FIA SAY SO.
IT WAS FUN, BUT EXHAUSTING! I HAD NOT CONSIDERED HOW THE WEEK WOULD AFFECT ME! AT 1ST, I THOUGHT EVERY NEW RELATIVE’S ARRIVAL, TIRED ME OUT. BUT, EVERY NEW RELATIVE’S ARRIVAL, MEANT THAT MY FINGERSPELLING INCREASED, & WAS SLOW & TAXING. (THINK OF IT THIS WAY: ON AN AVERAGE DAY, I DON’T FINGERSPELL MUCH, SO LET’S REPRESENT IT BY #1. EACH NEW RELATIVE’S ARRIVAL, IS ANOTHER #1. “#1” I COULD HANDLE, BUT “1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1” WAS HARD! BY FRI., (MIND U, I ONLY NAP IF SICK OR EXHAUSTED, & ONLY SLEEP LIKE 6 HRS. AT NIGHT) I WAS SO TIRED, I WENT 2 BED AT 7:30, & WAS ON THE VERGE OF “TIRED TEARS.”
4. I’M NOT SURE WHAT ALL WE’LL DO 4 X-MAS, BUT I’LL BE PERFORMING AS AN ANGEL (JESS IS HELPING ME) AT R WARD ACTIVITY ON DEC. 13. I DON’T NECESSARILY FEEL UP 2 IT, BUT HAVING JESS THERE ODDLY STRENGTHENS ME, & I’M HOPING 2 DEAL W/ANY PBA ISSUES NOW, SO I HAVE NOTHING THE DAY OF THE PERFORMANCE. PART OF IT MEANS THAT I CAN’T SHARE MY THOUGHTS NOW ABOUT IT—I NEED 2 TEMP. REPRESS ANY TRIGGERS 4 TEARS! HOWEVER, I NEED EXTRA STRENGTH 2 DO THAT, & I’VE FELT STRENGTH B4, THROUGH OTHERS PRAYERS…SO, MAY I ASK U 2 PRAY 4 JESS & ME?
FIA’S BOOK
JUST GOING 2 TRY SOMETHING…SUPPOSEDLY, I CAN SHARE SOME PROJECTS THAT I’VE MADE, IF I SHARE 1 OF THESE LINKS:
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