Whenever I help an applicant who has the same birthday as someone I know, I use that occasion to say a quick prayer for my friend or family member. I rarely help people who have the same birthday as me. I figure it should be 1 chance in 365 that I would help someone with my birthday even though I have heard that in any class-size group of people at least two should have the same birthday.
Today, I only helped about 25 applicants and three of them had the same birthday as me. Since our birthday is in two days, I wished them all an early birthday and said a prayer for myself.
Another odd prayer reminder that I use is that whenever I notice the country of origin of my clothing, I say a prayer for that country.
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Friday, January 30, 2009
Monday, October 13, 2008
Happy Birthday, Mom!
Today is my mom's birthday. There is an elaborate mathematical formula for figuring her age that means she is now younger than me. In the how-old-would-you-be-if-you
-didn't-know-how-old-you-are model she is probably about 37.
Anyway, happy birthday, mom. It is especially important to wish her a happy birthday this year because she is having her kidney's pounded with sound waves to break up some stones today. That whole cake and conical hat and friends model of celebrating is just so last year, for those of you who, like me, are out of the loop.
Since she is not going the traditional route this year, I thought she might enjoy looking at some cool things I have been looking at this last week.
Mimi Kirchner has some wonderful pincushions here and here.
There are amazing paper sculptures here.
And because platelets seem to be important in the lives of my mom, who donates them, and my daughter, who went through a little episode when she was 3 where her body decided it did not need platelets cluttering things up (her body was wrong), I thought they would both enjoy seeing these happy little platelets (of love). I know they look like little suns, but they are platelets.
One last thing. You can find the pattern for the Matryoshka dolls here.
-didn't-know-how-old-you-are model she is probably about 37.
Anyway, happy birthday, mom. It is especially important to wish her a happy birthday this year because she is having her kidney's pounded with sound waves to break up some stones today. That whole cake and conical hat and friends model of celebrating is just so last year, for those of you who, like me, are out of the loop.
Since she is not going the traditional route this year, I thought she might enjoy looking at some cool things I have been looking at this last week.
Mimi Kirchner has some wonderful pincushions here and here.
There are amazing paper sculptures here.
And because platelets seem to be important in the lives of my mom, who donates them, and my daughter, who went through a little episode when she was 3 where her body decided it did not need platelets cluttering things up (her body was wrong), I thought they would both enjoy seeing these happy little platelets (of love). I know they look like little suns, but they are platelets.
One last thing. You can find the pattern for the Matryoshka dolls here.
Friday, September 19, 2008
I Let Them Cut Me Open. . .
so that I could wish my dear daughter a Happy Birthday today. "I let them cut me open" is the phrase I use to try to make her feel guilty about all I have done for her. She laughs because I first told her how happy I was when they said I would be having a C-section.
Regardless of how she came to be here, I thank God that she is my daughter. Proof that God is good.
Regardless of how she came to be here, I thank God that she is my daughter. Proof that God is good.
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