I must attract annoying people. Today at church this woman behind me kept making comments; loud comments, while the pastor was speaking. This made it impossible for me to relax and enjoy the talk. Then I heard a scratching noise and turned to find her neighbor knitting with big metal knitting needles. She was making a bag of some sort. Who does that? Why were they sitting behind me?

Trying to put it out of my mind I focused on Joe Boyd (our pastor). Today being Palm Sunday he talked about Jesus and how he can see what in our life needs to "die" in order for our life to be more fulfilling.

Instead of a living thing dying; something dying can become alive again. Pretty cool.

Below are parts of my life that I allowed to die, in order to live:

Marriage- giving up of my selfishness in order to share my life with Bryan.
Children- giving up my time,money,love,everything to raise children.
Friends- leaving dear friends to move to a new city, and finding new precious friends.
Career- staying home with my children while they were young, then given my dream job.
Diet- stopped starving myself, gave up being skinny, but I enjoy life more.

My list is huge. I just don't have time to go into everything. Even though the annoying women attempted to ruin my day, God had something bigger in store. I had a moment to evaluate my life and all the ways I have been able to live by giving up pieces of myself.

Today Clay and his buddy Sam had a lemonade stand. They were so happy, another reminder of the sweet simple things life offers.

P.S. My husband and sister like to make fun of me. They both laugh about my spelling/grammar skills. Most of you who read this are good friends and my goal is not to impress with my writing ability. My apologies to all those English Nerds.