a year (or so) without moments

I blog about recognizing the moments that present themselves in our lives...to laugh...to love...to cry...to work...to rest...to live.  Moments that make a difference in lives; usually my life (because it is my blog after all) :-)  Well, sometimes I blog.  Okay, so I blog about moments occasionally... eerrr umm rarely. 

My last blog post is dated December 3, 2009.  There is nothing very special about the post.  I was blogging for a school assignment and at the time I had been blogging quite regularly.  What is significant about the post is a friend's comment a little over a year after the original post.  

JWARD said...

A year with no moments... so sad.

Wish you and Wanda the best. You all were a blessing to the Hunter/Garber communities and will be missed. I know you will continue to change the world everywhere you go.

Much love,

Julie

Julie's comment is dated January 16, 2011 and it had been over a year since I had posted anything.  January 16, 2011 is also the Sunday that I preached at Carnegie United Methodist Church for the very first time.  We had just moved from Hunter, which had been our home for four years.  It had been a wonderful four years and Julie's family was a big reason those years had been so wonderful. 

We had been dinner guests in her grandmother's home.  We played farkle with them.  (I don't think they call it farkle, but I can't remember what they call it.)  I officiated Julie's wedding and the wedding of one of her brothers.  They had been dinner guests in our home.  I had the great privilege of baptizing Julie's nephew and her two nieces.  Those are moments that I cherish.

This was my response to Julie's comment:

Steve said...

Julie, you are so right, a year with no moments...so sad.  The deal is, I know it was a year full of moments. Perhaps I should re-commit myself to this blog. There are too many moments to miss.

Thank you for your kind words. You will also be missed.

Guess what, it has been 10 more months with no posts from me.  Another year without any moments?  That is sad, isn't it.  In those 22 months, even though I didn't record any moments, I pray that I recognized a few.  I know that I probably missed a few as well.   If I somehow overlooked you and your moment, I apologize and I am going to try to do better. 

Greed!  That's what they call it!  It just popped into my head.  It's a fun game.  We should get together and play it sometime.  We should get together and laugh...and love...and cry...and work...and rest...and live.  I look forward to those moments.

Until the next moment,

Steve

a moment to freak out

I believe that I heard our beloved young professor say that we do not have to blog this week. I think I will write something anyway. I feel like I need all the points I can get, so it's better to be safe than sorry.

I arrived on campus about 5:00 yesterday afternoon and went to my room. About 5:15 I took the spiral notebook that contains my PR class notes out of my camputer bag. I opened it to see if there were enough blank pages remaining for note taking and saw, A Case Study: The Tylenol Murders. Oh no! I think I was supposed to read this or something. And it gets better, I was also supposed to have comments on paper. I read the paper as I drove to class. I scribbled some comments on paper after arriving in class and turned that mess in.

It gets even better. Underneath the Tylenol case study sat my syllabus. I glanced at it and saw that the last day of class is December 9th. I thought I had two weeks to study for this test and do my PR project! I only have one!!! Excuse me while I take a moment to freak out.