A little prayer for all who dream…

For some reason, a bunch of my friends are trying to “discern” their futures right now, from my college roommate who is trying to figure out how she is going to live and work in both the United States and South Africa to another friend who is back in the dating scene.  So for everyone who is trying to figure out what God’s plan for them is, here is a poem I found for you and for me…

“A PRAYER FOR DREAMERS”

We pray for the dreamers of this life, O God,
for those persons who imagine new possibilities,
who long for what others cannot perceive,
who spin dreams of wonder and majesty in their minds.
Defend them from ridicule and harsh criticism,
from self-doubt and lack of faith in their dreams,
and from abandonment of this call to make things new.
Grant that from their dreams
may come forth blessings for humankind
to enrich the quality of life
and the wonderment of us all.
Amen.
—–Vienna Cobb Anderson  

“No Way, No How, No McCain”

No matter what you think of Hillary and Bill Clinton, in my opinion, Hillary Clinton’s speech ROCKED tonight!!!  It was all about why if you have certain values and ideals that are similar to the Democratic Party ideals, you should vote for Barack Obama and support the Democratic party.  When she asked the people at the convention and the people at home: “Were you in this campaign just for me?”  I have to admit that at that moment the true Democrat in me came out and I will do all I can to elect Sen. Obama, and I was prouder than I have ever been to be a woman and to have had the chance to at least vote once in my life for a woman for president!  Now on to campaigning for the issues!

Democratic National Convention

I watched the Democratic National Convention last night (Monday) on MSNBC.  I think this is probably the 10th convention that I’ve seen on tv.  Actually, I’ll say that this is the 10th one, given that my dad has watched them all of my life, and I got hooked on politics this way.  (And the convention in 1988 was especially memorable because George McGovern’s grandson was in my high school class, and George McGovern would pop into our Political Science classes all the time, which was really cool.)

 

Ok, back to last night… I was really moved by Sen. Kennedy’s speech. I think the fact that my parents AND my grandparents were active in the civil rights movementsin the 60’s and still today, had a huge impact on me.  And we had a picture of Bobby Kennedy hanging in our home.  So I guess I think of the Kennedys as still being a part of our nation’s center.  (Plus he is one of my Senators, and I have voted for him, so that makes me extra interested in what he was saying.)

But I was really motivated by Michelle Obama’s speech.  I guess I’d never really paid attention to her speeches before, but she really is inspiring!  And I did like the way that she incorporated the 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling that represented Hillary Clinton’s votes into her speech (Check out minute 9:08 of the video).  That made me feel special (since I voted for Hillary, and have been feeling a little bummed with the choice of Joe Biden as the VP choice.)

So Hillary gives her speech tonight.  Can’t wait to see what she has to say!!!

Happy Anniversary

And a big HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to the following important people in my life (these are the August Anniversaries):

Sarah and Todd Lafrentz:  Happy 5th Anniversary

My cousins The Pirate Kent and Miz Gail Swanson: Happy 36th Anniversary

Mom and Dad: Happy 44th Anniversary

Hurricane Fay

My family lives in the area surrounding Orlando, and I got an e-mail from one of my cousins today that they got hit pretty hard with the rain and flooding from Hurricane Fay.  Everyone’s okay, but there’s the flooding damage.  This is really unusual, given how far inland Orlando is.  My brother Dave, has now moved to Tallahassee, Florida to begin his Ph.D program at Florida State, and Tallahassee was hit with the wind and the rains of Faye too.  Now they’re wondering about the new tropical storm Gustav.  Give me snow any day.  At least you can see the snow!  (And they make 4 wheel drive cars too!)  So please pray for everyone in Florida!

Back on track

I decided to shut down this blog site for a while because I was having trouble keeping up with writing here and so I decided that I needed a break to collect my thoughts, and really take care of myself for a while.  But you, my family and friends have been absolutely great.  I’ve gotten calls and e-mails asking if everything was okay, because you tried to log in here and were getting error messages.  Gee, I never thought that my random musings would be of any interest to anyone but me!  So thanks to you all for really caring about me, I really appreciate it!