A JOYFUL NOISE

Let me first start by saying THANK YOU to everyone who has kept me in their thoughts and prayers over the last three weeks as my grandmother was in the hospital when I traveled up to NY, traveled back down, and went back up for the funeral.   I definitely felt your prayers and love. This past Sunday and Monday, April 14th and April 15th were the longest two days I've felt in quite a long time.   I was confused what day it was; I was confused what time it was,  I was, at times, so disoriented.  It was crazy.  And with my physically not feeling well, the emotionally toll didn't help much either. Instead of going through all the details, which will take every page of a notebook to fill, I will just give the highlights of what happened this past week.   Chinese funerals is different in some ways than a traditional American funeral.   It's a long process which can be pretty draining physically, mentally, and emotionally. Sunday wa...

These past couple weeks has been a whirlwind of pain; both physically, emotionally, and mentally.  It's been rough.  I've cried, and sometimes I just feel numb.   I sometimes feel lonely, and other times I just need my space.  It's a roller coaster.....and  I just want to get off.   It was Easter weekend.  I was spending the long weekend with my best friend and "sister" Gina.  It had been a really fun weekend.  We went to the Good Friday service together.  We also wanted to do scrapbooking together and she wanted me to give her some pointers and ideas about scrapbooking.   It is so much fun to scrapbook together.   We both went to Disney World together November 29-December 2, 2012 so we both wanted to scrapbook our memories together but also put our own creative memories into our scrapbooks.   On Saturday before Easter,  we did things here and there in the morning.   With the he...