I Got The Blues!

I love music and I consider myself a frustrated musician. I sing a little bit, but I cannot play any instruments ("All I can play is the radio!").  However, that does not stop me from composing songs , and I realized all of my songs are (funny) blues songs!

Birthday Blues! (In memory of my late husband, best friend, favorite cheerleader and critic! He never liked being reminded of his birthday)

Happy Birthday Baby! You don't look old to me! (2x's)
Go on and have a Happy Birthday, and let your mind be free!

Now, age is just a number! It don't mean a thing! I said age is just a number it really don't mean a thing!

Cause when you consider the option, you might as well just go on and sing!

Happy Birthday Baby! You don't look old to me! (2x's)
Go on and have a Happy Birthday, and let your mind be free!

Jury Duty Blues! (Another time when Bill was called for jury duty, and he did not want to go!)

My baby done left me! I got the jury duty blues!  (2x's)
He done gone and got sequestered! I just don't know what to do!

Even in the most unwanted and unpleasant situations! Compose a funny blues song. Sing it to yourself. Look forward to tomorrow!

(I would love to hear Mr. B. B. King sing these songs!)

Are You Ready?

Are You Ready?

Ready to die?

How many funerals have you been to?

How many times have you wondered, when will it be me?

What will the preacher say about me? What is the text?

There are stages of death and grief!

Reality check. Death has no age, color, gender, nationality.

Death is just that death!

An illness, accident, or natural cause it is closer than you think.

There is no escape! Are you insured or assured?

Reality check!

Death is not just for old people!

Are you ready?

Psalm 116:15  "Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints".

My Daddy's Wallet

It is either in his pocket or on the dresser! (I don't get to hold it like Mommy's purse)
I wonder what is in there?
It is bulging, brown and needs a rubber band to stay closed.
I see a pack of Alka Seltzer, it is blue and white.
I see some dollar bills, they are green.
I see a toothpick, it is tan.
I see quarters, they are silver.
I see a lot of business cards.
I see torn movie tickets, they are yellow.
My Daddy's Wallet
It is boring!
Think I'll go and watch television!

My Mommy's Purse!

Sitting here holding my Mommy's purse! The church clerk is reading a long list of announcements. This purse is so heavy, and I am so bored! I wonder what is in there?

Oh wow!

1 tiny blue bottle of French perfume!

2 sticks of Juicy Fruit chewing gum!

3 pieces of peppermint candy!

4 lint balls

5 ticket stubs

6 books of S & H green stamps

7 family pictures inside the wallet

8 keys on a ring

9 piece manicure set with file, nail clipper, emery board, tweezer, clear finger nail polish, safety pin, lipstick, comb, brush

10 dollars in her wallet, with driver's license and social security card

The church clerk is finished with the announcements! Now it is time for testimonies! I am so bored. Think I'll go to sleep.

Quilts and Questions!

Quilts!
So warm, made from scraps and fragments of cloth. Leftover memories in a frame of fabric.
Quilts!
So comfortable and safe, when sickly and tired, somehow there is a feeling of wholeness and help.
Quilts!
A covering of prayer and passion. Glee and giggles. Sleeping and snoring. Dreams and desires.
Questions!
Are you a blessing or a curse?
Questions!
Can you take back a word, after it has been spoken?
Questions!
Can you take back a day, after it has been lived?
Questions!
Do you know Jesus?
Does Jesus know you?
Quilts and Questions?

A Tribute to Dr. Martin L. King

He preached a theology of action and not just theory! He went to their universities and studied their philosophies.

He took them to school on the campus of decency and non- violence.

He used the rhetoric and poetry of slave owners (known as Founding Fathers) against their lifestyle of "hatred and in supposition".

He proclaimed justice through social action. He preached it, lived it, loved it.

He spoke against the war in Vietnam Nam! He marched against segregation in the South!

Read his words, "we shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering". 

(Excerpt from a "Christmas Sermon on Peace" December 1967)

His words and passion mirror the words and passion of Jesus Christ who is the original theologian!

Dr. King was born in the heartland of the South! Atlanta, Georgia.

He was killed because he loved people!

Jesus Christ was born in the heartland of heaven in a stable.

He was killed because He loved sinners!

About My Father's Business

A composite testimony of the family members of preachers/pastors.

Even though this quote is a passage where Jesus as a child said to Mary and Joseph, there are times when it is used as an excuse for preachers/pastors to not be present in and at places that were personal and important to family members. 

"Why do I have to be exposed and an embarrassing illustration in the sermon? When do I get the microphone to tell what you did, said, or did not do and said?"

Living under public scrutiny is painful, crazy, and real. Church services, banquets, funerals, revival meetings, weddings, church meetings. Got to smile when you want to stay home and watch a movie or play a board game. 

What about the basketball game that I am playing in? 
Or, the science fair, the concert, or going to my prom? 
Why are you not in the pictures? (Didn't Jesus say "come apart and rest?")

The saying is 

"Preacher's kids are the worst ones!" 

"The preacher's wife thinks she is better than everyone!" 

What about just being regular, normal, human, (whatever that means) even when we have to be about the Father's business?

When Jesus as a child said this, it was a moment with His family, not a rude, and selfish reason of escape and denial!
About My Father's Business?