This Reminds Me

Archive for August 21st, 2008

School starts Monday.

I’m in total denial.

Yeah, Pooh.  We know.

No more sleeping until 6 a.m.  No more “just make two lunches and out the door.”   No more wondering where all the traffic is.  No more shutting our door at bedtime because I really don’t care who’s still up and who’s not.  And no more quick dinners at the pool.

I took Julia to her school open house tonight.  We did lots of hugging.  Lots of labeling.  And I brought home the first batch of dreaded school forms.  My return address labels are ready.

Julia’s brick in the school entryway was laid over the summer.   Moses’ fellow Hebrews were forced to make bricks. Joshua’s army marched and brought down Jericho’s wall of bricks. Paul described Jesus as a cornerstone. So we decided years ago our school bricks would offer a biblical reference.  Like Jesus’ promise in John 14:18  – “I will not leave you as orphans.  I will come to you.”

Rachel selected a very prophetic verse for her brick in 2001 – “A gentle anaswer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”  She must have realized she was going to turn into a teenager one day and that I’d need to be reminded of this verse over and over.  And over.  Again.


Lois is always one for the basics so in 2001 she chose – “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whomsoever shall believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”  Hannah selected the 10 Commandments.  I remember when the girls had to memorize them for Pastor’s Pals.  The first four – relationship with God.  #5 – relationship to parents.  #6 – #10 are all those darned sins, which Hannah was having trouble memorizing in order.  So she, Lois, Rachel and I formed a conga line and danced into church that Sunday night chanting, “Murder!  Adultery!  Steal!  Lie!  Covet!”   They all got ‘em right.

Tomorrow it’s off to Fiesta Texas for one more day of water park fun.

“Get thee behind me, school supplies!”  1st Rebecca 8:21