Terri

Many of us have Terri Schiavo on our minds and in our hearts. I pray for God's peace on her spirit and her family.

As the news reports and opinions are spread, I started thinking more about this. My main thought is that her husband is evil. But, I realize, I don't really know his story. This is what I do know and am just sharing my stream-of-consciousness thoughts:

As Christian wives, we are supposed to submit to our husbands. Our husband is ultimately responsible for family/marital decisions. We must "leave and cleave". That would remove Terri's parents from the picture, wouldn't it? However, Mr. Schiavo clearly broke the marital covenant by having children with another woman. Therefore, Terri is really "free" from that marital contract and her parents should now have the right to make this decision. Just some ponderings...I don't know if they are right or wrong....

John Z. DeLorean 1925-2005

I am a car girl. It came by it honestly from my dad. Today, I pay tribute to one of the most infamous "car guys", John Z. DeLorean. One day many years ago, my dad met John DeLorean for the first time. When Mr. DeLorean asked my dad where he was employed, my father said, "Ford". To this, DeLorean inquired, "what's that?" My dad simply responded, "Drof spelled backward". This is just one of many "legends" of JZD I've gleaned over the years.

John DeLorean has been a figure in my life for many, many years, long before the DMC-12 or cocaine or "Back to the Future". I saw him once at a wedding when I was quite young. I clearly remember my dad saying, "There's John Z with his 'gunmetal' blue hair." For reasons of privacy, I won't share why I have this connection, but it made for interesting dinnertime conversation growing up.

Today is the private funeral of John Z. DeLorean which will be held near his birthplace of Detroit, Michigan. He accepted Christ along the way and confessed some sins. No matter what we might think, only our Savior can judge John's heart and I believe he is forgiven by our faithful and just Lord. May he be in peace with the Lord.

Blessed to be a Blessing

My mom has this on a plaque out on her back porch. I won't assume that I blessed anyone with my playing in church today, but I was sure blessed being able to do it. I played very simple notes on my cello and yet, it seemed so rich to me. Just to be able to have the instrument and play it. I don't play much right now as I have my kids and husband and church and job and a new passion for knitting. However, I'm going to do my best to work on the Bach Suite in G (most recently heard in a dog food commercial) this week. The girls like it when I play...they love to dance along and the little one likes to "help" me play, too. The little one knows that mamma plays the "tcello" and daddy plays the "kitar". Daddy played the kitar with mamma at the second service today. It is always nice to play together too.

My big girl (7 1/2) comes home from her weekend with her dad. The "Daddy-Daughter Dance" was on Saturday. She was so worried he'd forget the tickets and he did. She reminded him in time to get them, so I'm sure they went and had a good time. We will have some private time to share on the ride home from our meeting spot. I don't ask for details, I just let her talk about what she wants and I try to remain neutral. (It's hard, but I pray for strength from the Lord, because otherwise, I couldn't handle it at all!)

Mustangs, Motherhood, Music...

...and madness.

Today I had a rehearsal at church for Sunday. It was pretty amusing trying to get there, as usual. I have to put the baby in her seat and then I squeeze my cello into the front seat. Since this rehearsal was just before work, I took the baby to daycare first. However, in order to get my baby girl out of the back seat of my pony car, I have to get the cello out first and then her, then put the cello back in the car. Plus, it is only about 20 degrees and snowy outside!

I got to church a little early and the music director and I started talking and then we prayed together. While she finished arranging my music I went and ate lunch with some of the church staff and volunteers. It is so good to be a part of a church family. Our rehearsal was pretty quick, but all in all, it was worth the effort. Sunday will be fun because my husband will be playing his guitar with me at one of the services.

Biased Indexing

One of the reasons I got interested in blogging was stumbling upon the amazing variety of topical blogs including the "Knitters for Bush" blog. However, if you run a Google search for "Knitters for Bush", the resulting hit list consists mostly of links to knitters against Bush. As a librarian, I'm bothered by this, but I am not surprised. It is not merely poor indexing, it is liberal-biased indexing!