Endings

New year, new beginnings and new endings.  This year, like those before, it has its highs and lows.

Red belts baby!  Earl and I got our red belts this year.  A lot of hard work and even more to come, but we will make it to black belt.

Poor Michael.  Broke his pinkie playing football.  Casted for 6 weeks.

Earl-David had surgery to repair his ankle. He was out of commission for 3 months.

Earl-David got his double brown tips right before his surgery.  I wish that I could find a picture.

It has been a good year for us.  Looking forward to 2016! 

Being patient.

pa·tient

ˈpāSHənt/

adjective

1. 1.

   able to accept or tolerate delays, problems, or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.

   "be patient, your time will come"

   
   

Hey, based on part of this definition, I am a patient person.  I got this thing covered. I have no trouble waiting.  Waiting and I get along great.  What's the deal then? Ahh, next up is the part about tolerating problems without becoming annoyed or anxious.  Therein lies the rub.  Yeah, I have a problem with that.  A problem with problems, that's rich.  And problems often involve other people. People cause interruptions.  Interruptions annoy me. Therefore, people annoy me.  So maybe my problem is not a lack of patience, but a lack of people skills.  I need a way of working on the feelings of annoyance and anger that arise when people annoy me.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV 

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

So is it patience I lack or is it more the anger in me that is the problem? I need to think on this.

The hardest thing to do.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my wonderful husband! I love you and wish you many more.


P.S. Ask me about your birthday present!

Hello

In the coming year, I am going to do my best to embody the word “patience”. I really need to work on being patient with every aspect of my life.  I plan on using this platform to journal my way along this new path.  I will also be posting updates of the happenings in our lives. I invite you to follow along with me as I stumble through this journey towards patience.