Memorial Day

I am a slacker.........no other way to say it. I have great intentions when it comes to updating this blog, but something invariably seems to prevent me from following through. Maybe I should start sending myself Twitter nudges!

So anyway....David and I had the opportunity to take a weekend trip to Savannah to visit our "adopted" daughter (a.k.a - "daughter from another mother") this past weekend. We left after David got home from work on Friday night and drove back this morning. Although we had hoped to spend a couple of days on the beach at Tybee Island, we settled for an hour there yesterday afternoon! Ah well, it is what it is! Since it rained on Saturday, we spend the day shopping (yeah, it was rough) and then went to The Lady and Sons for dinner. Talk about overeating! By the time we left the restaurant, I thought I was going to pop! I was absolutely miserable--I guess the second piece of fried chicken was a bad idea after all! On Sunday we made our token trip to the beach where we hauled our beach bags, chairs, and cooler to the shore only to haul it all back about an hour later. Oh well, at least we got to put our toes in the sand, and David was brave enough to put his in the water! We then had a low-country boil where we once again gourged ourselves on too much of everything! I guess tomorrow I'll have to go back on the dreaded D-I-E-T. It was certainly fun while it lasted, though!

Jonathon has begun his internship at the church and seems to be enjoying it very much. He is working with middle school youth and will be travelling with them on a couple of weeklong trips. He is very excited and most grateful for this opportunity. God is so good!

Fading fast after a busy weekend........ciao!

Now What?

I started this blog as a means of sharing the amazing progress of my son, Jon, and I admit that there have been times that I struggled because I thought, "If it's not about Jon, I shouldn't be sharing it; after all, the site IS called Jonathon's Journey!" Right? Well, I must admit that over the course of the past few weeks, I've come to the conclusion that this site is really an extension of MY feelings........no matter what is on my heart! So please forgive (and indulge) me if some of my posts do not directly relate to Jon but to the state in which I find myself. Most of my friends create blogs to share their feelings, so I'm thinking that's what I need to do as well.

Anyway, to focus FIRST on Jon, let me say that he is amazing! He is completing his second year back at UGA (and he assures me that he will do well enough to go back for his third year), so I couldn't BE any more proud of him. How 'bout them Dawgs! :)

Now as to what's really weighing on my heart........as I mentioned in my previous post, I (we) have a daughter living in New York City. She is our only daughter (for which we are extremely grateful--love her to death, but still grateful that there was only one girl in this brood......my hat's off to those who raise more than one girl!) "Things" haven't been great for her lately, I must admit. She recently found herself at a juncture in life that she definitely DID NOT anticipate....nor did we. It reminds me of the Rascal Flatt's song, " These Days". You know, the line that says, "Yeah, life throws you curves, but you learn to swerve". It sometimes feels like her whole life has been one big swerve! I admit that I felt that way with Jon, but I never anticipated that I would have to "walk that walk" (or swerve that swerve) with another of my children! She is such an amazing young woman, and I know she'll be fine, but it doesn't make the journey any easier for either of us!

Please join me in praying for strength and wisdom for her as she seeks God's guidance in her life.