Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Gotta put something in the May folder

Apologies
Been busy dealing with life stuff, so to my blog audience that's left, thanks for your patience, but I do have some things to say, or at least pass along.
Finally.
Felt like the best fodder to come along in a while came in my inbox from my mother-in-law today.
It's a forward and it's a good one. At least IMHO.
It reads (including what appears to be a signature from a previous forwarder):

THE PROBLEM

Secure the Mexican border, protect New Orleans from flooding, and
eliminate the threat of alligator attacks in Florida. ­
­
­THE SOLUTION

1. Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border. ­
­2. Take the dirt and raise the levies in New Orleans. ­
­3. Then put the Florida alligators into the border moat. ­
­Any other problems you would like for me to solve??
­
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you can read this in English, thank a soldier.

My take
Great solution. I like the idea. Also, the signature makes a great point too. We should remain ever grateful for the sacrifices of our fighting men and women who put their lives on the line and those who paid the ultimate price.
Regarding English as our primary language, I might sound like a stick in the mud, but it is what it is and it should stay that way.
However, we shouldn't bury our heads in the sand and act as though we're not seeing a steady growth in the Hispanic population in our country. We can address this very simply on an individual level - learn Spanish.
It's one of the things on a mental "to-do" list of mine. We should face the reality, learn what we can about the culture and gently instruct those who are arriving - illegally or otherwise - about our adopted native tongue.

A sad and amazing story
Haven't read a story like this in quite some time. It's about a family who'd been caring for a woman whom they thought was their daughter, who was severely injured in a car wreck. Turns out the young woman in the hospital was not their daughter, but another woman who was in the wreck too.
Their daughter was actually already in the ground.
It's hard to fathom these families' emotions. But the family of the woman who was, in reality, dead is trusting Christ through this, and this was visible on the blog they used to update the young woman's progress, which has since been deleted. The first link is to the story and the second is to a blog now updating people on the young woman who survived.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060601/ap_on_re_us/mixed_up_victims_12

http://efree.alpine-web.net/blog.cfm

That's it for now. Hopefully I'll post more than once a month in the future. Buenos noches!