It's Another Birthday

If your family is big and you have lots of friends, you can celebrate birthdays just about any time. Here we of ORU fame are eating birthday cake again. Oh and it is a very special cake, a Peanut Butter Fudge that Sali baked for the occasion. We were told when it came out of the oven and it was all we could do to wait until after dinner for our trip to Phyllis' house to see her reworked kitchen all done up in a lovely yellow with white woodwork, new rippled glass doored cabinets and knobs of many different styles she has collected in her travels and to finally eat that cake. It was worth the wait. In Phyllis' inviting kitchen, the cake was cut and we were spoiled once again by one of Sali's creations. What a nice birthday for Jill and Robin. Now we just have to wait until September for our next celebration.

And did any of you see the wonderful get together of like minds at the Washington Monument today? It was covered by CSPAN. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin led the huge crowd (estimated at 400,000 to 500,000 ) in praising God and setting their eyes toward a renewing of our country. They called it Restoring Honor. They challenged Americans to go back to our Judeo Christian values, emphasizing faith, hard work, individual initiative, marriage and family, hope, charity, and relying on God instead of government.

They were also able to raise over 5 million dollars for student scholarships to be given to children of American servicemen and women.

It was an emotional as well as intellectual experience and I almost let time get away from me while watching; but realized how the hands were spinning on the clock, just in time to prevent myself from being late to the funeral of a friend's mother.

I pray that God will bless this endeavor and bless us as a nation once again. 'If God is for us, who can be against us?'

By the way, over 5 million dollars were raised for scholarships for the children of our servicemen and women.