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I am "taking pen in hand" to write.  Why?  I'm not better than anyone else, but because I like to write - it's cathartic - and because maybe I have something useful to say.

Speaking doesn't come easy to me - I've been labeled as "painfully shy" in the past.  But if you give me a pen and paper I've always been able to fill it up!

So what's going on with me/us right now?  My kids just started preschool.  It's a very exciting time right now, and scary at the same time.  I suppose everything that brings excitement has an element of fear.  It makes me think of the girls' first day of school.  As I was getting them ready they were nervously giggling... I myself have always done the same thing when I get nervous.  LOL.

I'm so proud of my children.  I am astonished at the things they do.  (I think every parent is.)  I look at them and can't believe they're "mine".

I wish I had the ability to send my children to a private, Christian school.  I know the training I received there still guides me to this day.  I pray that instead of being wrongfully influenced by the system there they will be a light to those around them.  I don't want my children to be preachy and judgmental, but to live honestly, peacefully, and kindly to EVERYONE.  I know that love wins more people to Christ than condemnation.

I've never been more aware of God being taken out of schools than now when my girls have started public school.  I mentioned to their teachers that another kid in their class goes to church with us.  The looks I got!  It was almost as if I had cursed!  To think that speaking of church in school is taboo is almost too difficult to understand.  But I digress....

The girls have almost finished their first full week of school and all is well.  I now have more time to do things I enjoy - including things like starting a blog. :-)