Science (non) Fiction

All right, so it’s been too long since I really updated…

I had a great visit home last weekend, complete with lots of shopping, as predicted - Matthew and I spent several hours scouring the city of Charlotte (seriously, we went all the way across town!) for his birthday present clothes - came up with lots of good stuff, if I do say so myself! Had a really nice lunch too (my first time at Red Lobster - yum) - we had a good time! We bonded over listening to my new favorite CD, the RENT movie soundtrack - good times!

Mom and I spent several hours at the Southern Christmas Show in Charlotte - it’s such a great tradition, and we found several things there for people on our lists - we seem to hit up the same places each year, but it’s still lots of fun - and I have been listening to more Christmas music since then, so the holidays are in full swing!

I came back to Winston Sat evening in time for a bonfire at Captain Mike’s house - lots of (cold) fun, including hide-and-seek in the dark and s’mores - hopefully we can have another one sometime soon…

OK, something I’ve been thinking about recently - I think there was a song on the radio that sparked this, but I can’t remember what it was. I don’t want to be known for what I DON’T do - I want to be known for what I DO do. I mean, as a Christian, there are a lot of things that I don’t do (drink to excess, sleep around, etc) but I don’t necessarily want those to be the things that define my life - you know what I mean? I wouldn’t want those things to be the first things that pop into the head of someone I know when my name is mentioned - this is probably most relevant with my non-Christian friends, but maybe not… I’d rather be known for the positive things that define my life, but I guess that’s what I need to work on… Anyway, something I’m thinking about…

On a sad note, the Mozart Club of Winston Salem will not be performing Handel’s Messiah this year (for the first time in >70 years) - I don’t know why, but I’m very sad that I won’t have that to get me into the holiday spirit
Also, my uncle Tim (mom’s brother) is in the hospital for blood clots in his lungs, and they recently found another clot in his leg, so they’re checking for several kinds of cancer, since clots are often associated with some cancers - so prayer would be appreciated greatly - I think they might let him go home later this week depending on test results…

O Love that will not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths
its flow may richer, fuller be

O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flick’ring torch to thee,
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze
its day may brighter, fairer be.

Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee,
I trace the rainbow through the rain
and feel the promise is not vain
that morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
and from the ground there
blossoms red life that shall endless be.