I know that everyone always says that they hate tan lines but I must say that I secretly love them. I like being able to tell how tan I have really gotten and not just saying that I am getting tan. The thing is I tan really fast. On the other hand I also spend a lot of time outside in the summer and so I deserve to tan quickly. The sad part is that my beautiful tan fades just as quickly at it appears and so while I am brown by the second week in June I am also back to pasty white the beginning of September.
This weekend I got to travel to South Carolina with some girls from my hall and we stayed at Kelsey's house. She just so happens to have a pool and the weather was perfect for swimming. So yesterday we spent the afternoon playing water polo (my favorite game) and water volleyball enjoying the almost 90 degree sun and last night I noticed I had some very light tan lines from my bathing suite. This of course made me happy as you could tell that I am not always this chalky white.
One of the nice things about living in the south would be that you are tan longer, although I think that I would miss the snow. Even though it is cold it also is very pretty. I always say that I would love the winter a lot more in snow were warm and dry. On the other hand everyone looks nicer in winter clothes than summer clothes. So life's a trade off.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
Monday, September 15, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Facing One's Fears
So I have a really big fear of elderly people. I know that this sounds strange but I can't help it. It is not old people per say that bother me but the elderly. And yes there is a difference. I think that part of the reason that I have this fear is that I am not around a lot of elderly people. My grandparents on my dad's side are adorable. All of my great aunts and uncles and my grandparents are in a camping club. They travel all over the country, they play cards and dominos. They have friends they get out and do things they are actually kind of fun to hang out with. I love listening to them telling stories and advice. They can hold real conversations and don't repeat themselves a thousand times because they can't remember that they have already told you.
So today I tried to overcome my fear of the elderly by going to the nursing home through campus serve this morning. I took three other girls with me from my dorm including one of my prayer leaders Kelsey. She and I became buddies and walked around together. Brookly and April stopped in the first room that we came to and talked with a woman named Deborah. Kelsey and I continued to walk and found a table of ladies sitting together. So we introduced our selves and sat down. What we didn't know is that none of these ladies could speak or communicate back to us. We talked for a few minuets but what do you say to people who can't talk back to you? It was the most awkward thing ever. Kelsey and I kept looking at each other trying to figure out how to leave without being rude and after a while we finally excused our selves and walked away. The building is a square so finally we were back where we had started and hadn't talked to anyone else. April and Brookly were still in the first room so we went in there with her. After a little bit another girl brought a woman named Ruth in to join us. She eventually left because she got something in her eye. So Kelsey and I talked with her and she was very sweet. She told us about her life growing up and how she met her husband and how she got to travel to different states because he was in the Navy and about her two children. Right before we left we got to pray with her and she thank us and told us that we had made her day.
I can't say that this visit helped me conquer my fear, and in fact it may have just increased it but I would gladly go back to visit Miss Ruth. I think the main thing that I learned was that we all have different gift and talents and that although mine may not be ministering to these type of people I still need to love them and that by putting my self out there I can still make some great connections with people.
So my challenge try something new. Face a fear. And allow God to use you in your weakness.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
So today I tried to overcome my fear of the elderly by going to the nursing home through campus serve this morning. I took three other girls with me from my dorm including one of my prayer leaders Kelsey. She and I became buddies and walked around together. Brookly and April stopped in the first room that we came to and talked with a woman named Deborah. Kelsey and I continued to walk and found a table of ladies sitting together. So we introduced our selves and sat down. What we didn't know is that none of these ladies could speak or communicate back to us. We talked for a few minuets but what do you say to people who can't talk back to you? It was the most awkward thing ever. Kelsey and I kept looking at each other trying to figure out how to leave without being rude and after a while we finally excused our selves and walked away. The building is a square so finally we were back where we had started and hadn't talked to anyone else. April and Brookly were still in the first room so we went in there with her. After a little bit another girl brought a woman named Ruth in to join us. She eventually left because she got something in her eye. So Kelsey and I talked with her and she was very sweet. She told us about her life growing up and how she met her husband and how she got to travel to different states because he was in the Navy and about her two children. Right before we left we got to pray with her and she thank us and told us that we had made her day.
I can't say that this visit helped me conquer my fear, and in fact it may have just increased it but I would gladly go back to visit Miss Ruth. I think the main thing that I learned was that we all have different gift and talents and that although mine may not be ministering to these type of people I still need to love them and that by putting my self out there I can still make some great connections with people.
So my challenge try something new. Face a fear. And allow God to use you in your weakness.
Love From Liberty,
Peggy
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