Random thoughts

This blog entry is long overdue, but I fear my blogging is going to be very far and few between for the next several months. School is in full swing and the homework assignments are piling up, leaving little time for anything else.

Anyhow, I thought I would share some of the things that have been going on in my life of late, along with some of the random thoughts that seem to occupy my mind at various times.
I was eating lunch at school the other day. It was a nice day, so I was sitting outside with my salad. The salad had come with lemon wedges. As I was sitting eating, a bee came and began buzzing around my head. I swatted it away with a napkin, but it persistently came back. It seemed attracted to the bright yellow color of the lemons, which I guess it assumed was a flower. In an effort to get the bee away from me, I pushed the lemon wedges to the opposite side of the table. The bee proceeded to land on the lemon and checked it out. As I sat there watching this, I was imagining the bees’ face….he just landed on what he thought was a flower, but this sure doesn’t taste like any flower he’s seen before………wrinkled up nose, puckered lips (like when you taste something that’s super sour). I don’t know what the bee actually thought, but he left and didn’t come back. And I got a great chuckle out of imagining a bee with a puckered up face……..it’s random, I know.

Another day I was walking across campus. As I walked, I was watching people around me. It’s something I’ve always liked to do, just watch. There were groups of students walking together, talking and laughing…..I wondered what they were talking about. What was it that made them laugh? I saw people on cell phones, people sending text messages, people on computers, people studying, people just walking. Tidbits of conversation floated through the air. I saw a girl crying. Why was she sad? What made her cry? My heart ached for her. Would it be weird to walk up and ask if there was anything I could do.............I wondered at all the sights and sounds around me. What does Jesus see when he looks at all these things. Does he see his creation too busy for him, caught up in living life their way with no room for his love?..........I wondered.

Makya is in one of the classes to whom I teach music on Sunday mornings. She runs up each week and gives me a huge hug, exclaiming, “Ya-ya, I’m so happy to see you!” She calls me throughout the week as well. “Ya-Ya, what are you doing?” Usually I’m at school, on my way to school, or on my way to work. She then proceeds to say, “Are you coming to see me?” When I tell her that I can’t come right now she says, “Poor Ya-Ya, that’s a bummer.” It’s really cute.

Ashtyn is making amazing strides. It’s incredible really. The other day I stopped by the house to visit. She saw me and got a huge grin and came running with arm lifted up. She giggled with delight when I picked her up and swung her around. The child, who not so long ago seemed to be oblivious to my existence, recognized me and was happy to see me. A few days later, we were eating lunch together after church and she looked at me and said, “Ya-Ya.” It was the most amazing thing! She has never called me by any name up until now…….She also now says, “go,” “there you go” and one random time, “la cucaracha.” God is doing a great work in her through the various therapies she’s receiving.

That’s all there’s time for at present. I will try to update periodically, but with a full load, my MCAT prep course that has its own homework, and my work schedule……..I’m not making any promises.