7/15/08

I don’t know about you all, but school has not been out at my house for the summer. We’ve had swimming school, vacation bible school, Sunday school, driving school, and college school. I thought when I got Zac thru school that things might settle down a bit. Wrong.

Liza is learning to drive. Scary I know! She’s not a bad driver at all, but it makes her nervous for me, and especially Emilee, to be in the car. She is not a fast driver. So you can either stay behind her or very cautiously go around. Thank you.

This past week, Liza started her first college class at Panola. She was a little nervous about that, too. She said it wasn’t bad, though. She is taking Psychology. It is a prerequisite for the nursing program. Torie Windham is taking the same course. She and Liza competed against one another in Little League softball. Torie’s grandfather is Bro. Pat Windham. There is just something about that man that I find very comforting. Without fail, he knows who I am, every time I see him. Being a preacher, I’d expect him to forget who I am every once in a while. There’s no telling how many folks he’s known in his life.

Lacy Rash is also in the class with her. We love Lacy. She reminds me so much of Liza. She and Zac are the same age. It doesn’t matter where I am, if Lacy is around she always comes to say hello. I think she is a doll, just like her mother Kim.

Mother and Mrs. Nelda Liem (Lacy’s maternal grandmother) worked together at the Junior High. I think Mrs. Liem was the secretary. Mother was an aide. We lived just up the road from the Liem’s on Arcadia road. Kim is a few years older than I am. When I was in junior high, I wanted to be Kim Liem. I thought she was the prettiest girl I had ever seen in my life with that long blonde hair. And she was a cheerleader!

Speaking of pretty cheerleaders…Emilee had swimming lessons at Teresa Belrose’s again. Emilee did very well. I was particularly impressed with her dives. She is very competitive, so she and Braden Britt had to race across the pool pretty often. Emilee said she always won. Somehow, I’m not so sure. Some of the others in the class we know were Tatum Mettauer, Jase Bird, and Avery Windham.

This past week was VBS at FBC. I had heard that there were 24 children in the class with Emilee. I’d say that was a successful turnout. She came home one day and gave me a hug and said it was from Mrs. Hooker. I gave her one back and told her to give it to Mrs. Hooker for me. One day we saw Mrs. Hooker in the parking lot at a local grocery store. She just had to let Emilee hear her horn on her car. It was a recording of an old Ford Model A horn.

What a testament to Mrs. Hooker. She has managed to influence two generations with her love and devotion. God bless you Marion Hooker.

Recently, Emilee was awarded at church for not having missed a single Sunday of Sunday school for two consecutive quarters (6 months). If your little ones are not in Sunday school, I believe they are missing out. I’m not saying you should come to our church for Sunday school, go to yours. If you don’t have one, find one. You could be passing up the chance to forge a lifelong friendship for yourself and especially for your children.
Heb 10:25 Not forsaken the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much more as you see the day approaching.