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Pr. Jae said:
That's wonderful Tabitha. You can lead them all in doing fundraising through the making and selling of beautiful quilts.
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Not a bad idea Jae. Many stories through history have been told through quilt making. Do you have banners in your church? Quilted ones? If not, there are many stories your congregation is missing.
 
*sigh* I got a call from the pharmacist I'm working through the med review with. She wanted to know about my move - a doctor in another city requested my prescription history info. Turns out not me, a different birthdate.
I'm a bit suspicious though - same name, same birth year, same pharmacy, same pharmacist handling my review and also this request? I'm debating if I need to follow up on this. My last name is extremely common, but my first name isn't. My data was also included on the stolen laptop from a medicentre.
 
The clinic is legit. Not much staff at this time. I'll call back tomorrow just to make sure that none of my stuff is affected. Even if it isn't fraudulent, I don't want one of my doctors being 'updated' with new contact information for me.

Thanks for the confirmation that I should follow up with this.
 
crazyheart said:
Not a bad idea Jae. Many stories through history have been told through quilt making. Do you have banners in your church? Quilted ones? If not, there are many stories your congregation is missing.
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Thanks crazyheart. I personally believe that those of us in the Church should be using our various competencies for the benefit of the Church. Quilting is one competency which Tabitha brings to the table. No doubt she has others as well.

We do not have banners in my church. We do not have quilted anything in my church. We have hung a lovely small rug that one of the men in our congregation crafted. As a muralist myself, I certainly an advocate of the arts being used in worship spaces.
 
Getting home late. Sitting quietly. Catching up on the room

Thinking a pot of tea would be nice. anyone want one?
 
well, then pull up a chair, have this cuppa, and let's relax and listen to the loons on the lake.
The weather here started out cool, but, has ended up being a lovely day, Tabitha.
oooh did you see the batch of homemade oatmeal/date-filled cookies someone left for us? They are so perfectly delish.
How was your day?
 
I feel the weight of offering to chair. It is a time of large transitions. We have a vacancy for a minister and are accepting applications. We are moving (or hope to) to a shared minstry-where we get the minister .8 and our neighbouring village gets .2 It will be the same service at both churches.
Our current minister is leaving. She has been the only minister this new church has had. And at the same time we are looking to move buildings-perhaps to a rental as the current one continues to need extensive repairs-the landlord is not interested in doing repairs as the building is for sale.

So my hope is to allow people to hear each other as we move through change, to acknowledge that with any change there is always some mourning for the good old days, but to step forward boldly with faith as I believe God has work for our congregation to do.

Prayers are helpful as is an idea for a reflective reading for opening Tuesday's meeting.
 
Tabitha, I can see you recognizing the need for your skills, the logic of the fit, but, also having eyes open enough to see the load.
It is late here and I have a busy day tomorrow, so I do need to sleep, but I offer you the mantra....
"deep peace of the running wave to you"

may you find relaxation in this video.
 
ChemGal said:
Thanks Mendalla!
I see a fair bit of promotion being done for the 16th in related groups, great to see it's also actually getting out to those not affected as well!
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You've done your bit, @ChemGal . Given that I (and probably other WC'ers) had never heard of HAE before meeting you and likely would have shrugged off this article in the past, you've raised awareness in your own quiet way. (y)
 
So...I need advice. I haven't talked to my mom in nearly 2 months (actually since late Feb. - I talked to my step-dad). It's because my husband and I are having struggles this past year - finances, health, work. The last time I talked to her all she did was badger me to get my sh*t together, as if we should just be able to snap our fingers and make it all better - and she ended up telling me (after my husband was off work because he had a near fatal infection) that he isn't her family. That made me feel so bad for him and so sad and so angry with my mom. Especially since she made herself the centre of attention at our wedding, then got all spiteful over some photos - disowned me then apologized just before Christmas, etc. You'd think after that production she took our wedding seriously...but she had her own agenda. His parents are so loving but they live on the other side of the world. He just isn't used to hearing about parents behaving this way and it hurts him too. Sometimes I wonder if he thinks less of me because of my parents - he assures me it's my own insecurity Anyway..I didn't call her but I sent her a card for mother's day and it's her birthday coming up. She wants to come to town to visit in the next week or so...not sure if it's to visit us or only me...and take me shopping. I feel like if I give her an inch, as usual she'll take a mile. She'll hurt me again. But it's her birthday and she wants to celebrate it by spending time and treating me...I don't know what to tell her. I want to tell her I am not ready.
 
oh kimmio families are so complicated. Try not to own others feelings. Your own feelings and actions are the only ones you can control.
What about agreeing to a shopping time with your mom-sounds like she wants to be closer-followed by dinner with you and your hubby?
 
Tabitha said:
oh kimmio families are so complicated. Try not to own others feelings. Your own feelings and actions are the only ones you can control.
What about agreeing to a shopping time with your mom-sounds like she wants to be closer-followed by dinner with you and your hubby?
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What happens is...she uses the things she does for me as ammo later or as a way of driving a wedge between me and my dad who's she's divorced from for over 30 years, or to create conflict because she wants attention. In a few months from now she'll remind me of how great she is because she did ___ for me. If I tell her I talked to my dad or if she asks me if I did she'll say "Did you tell him all about what I did for you?". If I say I didn't bring it up she says I don't appreciate how much she cares about me. Or if I ever have legitimate reason to be upset with her...like the way she's disrespected my husband...she'll remind me that she bought me stuff. She's even asked for things back or just told me I am not her daughter anymore...until she needs my attention again. It's kind of twisted, really. I can't trust that her intentions are just good and she's not going to turn on me. It's real emotional abuse. She's like "Mommy Dearest". I hate to feel that way about my mom but I do.
 
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My mom's an educated, style-savvy, charming woman. She can be. So usually nobody believes me until they've spent enough time with me to witness it for themselves. Like, my husband and roommate/ good old friend.
 
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