Life, I think

is the biggest faith challenge I will ever face.

I'm not talking about faith IN things, but faith FOR things. You see, I would just about love my socks off to have a life like hers (http://www.xanga.com/YellowSparkler13). to fly off randomly, and have God just connect me withe people out of the divine blue... to have opportunties I could never create... to FLY...

Can I believe for it? Do I believe God could do stuff like that with me? Or will I be stuck in little old Langley forever? And will I see it as little old Langley forever, or will I see it as the future centre of all excitement and adventure?

Anyway, enough musing. We went away for the weekend to be ourselves, and to discover more of what 'being ourselves' is.

ventrilaquist?

Good morning! Before we get too serious, I have joke to read!

A married couple, both 60 years old, were celebrating their 35th anniversary. During their party, a fairy appeared to congratulate them and grant them each one wish. The wife said she had always wanted to travel around the world. The fairy waved her wand and poof! The wife had tickets in her hand for a world cruise. Next, the fairy asked the husband what he wanted. He pulled the fairy aside, and whispered, with a glance at his wife, "I have always wanted to have a wife 30 years younger than me." So the the fairy picked up her wand and poof! The husband was 90.

You have to understand something here. See, I work at this all-ladies gym, you see. It's the sort of gym that draws these elderly women, see, who all want to be a grandmother, and there are university students, and middle aged women some with their pre-pubescent daughters... All of them together is like one big living room at grandma's for high tea!

It's actually a lot of fun, despite the dramatic shift from financial planning. I find myself wanting to keep myself busy with stacks of paper, and phonecalls and growth ideas and client service brainstorms while I'm talking to these ladies with a cleaning rag in hand. You can take the girl out of the business, but you can't take the business out of the girl! Hot dog!

(the above is a tribute to the amazing speaking patterns of C Peter Wagner, a grandfather to all)