Grandma shares the same stories over and over a lot of the time, but I don't mind. I have tried to get her to write some of ther stories down for posterity sake, but I don't beleive that she thinks they are important. It's either this or she feels she can't write all of them down because of the arthritis that has riddled her hands over time. I believe that I inherited her exuberance for writing. I remember when I was in the fourth grade and I was given an award for a short story that I wrote titled "Annettes Suprise Birthday". It really was pretty good. I am almost positive that if I had been encouraged further, that I might have had it published one day...and if I can find it I still might. I have a daughter who is an awesome artist (she gets this talent from her father).
"Genes are funny things" she once wrote " the way they tell, in a child you know full well, you've seen before the things they know. My grandaughter's one as you'll see below. Like her grandma it's certain she can't spell, but it's very apparent she rhymes quite well." (This was written on top of a peice of paper with a poem that I wrote when I was eleven years old). Here is the poem below:
" The Sea will nod with waves of power, tides will change with every hour, secrabs and seahorses will go to bed with seawead sheats around their heads." (Complete with misspellings)
I truly believe this (writing) is one of the gifts the Lord has given me. Gifts, some of us like to write, some of us sing and/or write music, some of us can cook and entertain, some of us know exactly how to comfort and say the right words at the exact moment they are needed,some are wise, some of lead, some of us are workers and/or followers...gifts, I could list at least a few hundred that I know of. I am sure there are many, many more. We all are gifted in one way or another, some of us have multiple gifts. I am still finding out what my gifts and talents are and I am thirty seven!
My point is, if I am going to have a point in this "note" is this: In a world where having an education is key, my grandmother pointed something out in our phone conversation tonight that just helped me to realize that I am moving in the right direction (in my life and in the parenting of my daughters). She said "Amy, not everyone was meant to go to college. You're not going to call a doctor or a lawyer when you need your sink fixed are you? Everyone is so busy pushing their kids today to fufill their own dreams (passed) instead of helping their children (encouraging them) to persue their own ...even if it means giving up on some (if not all) expectations." Maybe she didn't state this exactly in those words, but that is what I came out of the conversation with.
Thank you grandma for speaking those wise words into my life. I know for a fact that there are just some things that can not be taught in a book. I know for a fact that we all have a purpose in our life, a purpose that only we can fufill. I don't know about you, but this sure does make me feel unique. If there is a dream in our hearts, a longing for something...it is most likely put there by our creator...and therefore serves a purpose if we will only persue. If we persue Him, I fully beleive that he will open doors and windows of opportunity where we will be able to use our incomparable giftings and talents...to his advantage.
1 Corinthians 12:4-6
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.” (ESV)
What are your gifts?
One of my first poems...I wrote a story too when I was about nine, now I am wondering where it went!
