loose ends.

I am THREE entries from my FIVE HUNDREDTH post on this blog! Can you believe it? I'm praying about what I'd like to do to celebrate, but first things first: I have 3 posts in my draft folder that I need to just post and let be... so, in the spirit of spring fall cleaning, I present to you the the (still)unfinished posts:

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This one I titled "mixed emotions"- I found a poem my son had written for his lit class and was apparently all twist-y about it... I don't remember. Here's what I had waiting for me since May of this year:

Shall I Compare Thee to a Rose in Bloom?

A perfect countenance immutable

With an amiable scent of perfume

With beauty that is irrefutable

Yea, I knoweth it mayhap end in pain

But I have decided to pick the rose

The risks verily being worth the gain

My common sense I doth plainly oppose

This heart no longer my own

I notice when I view my wreathen soul

I am affined by thine hallow love sown

Espy, perchance that hath been thine's cunning goal

This broken place that I calleth my heart

Has been wholly thine from the languish start

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This one I titled, "pulled down." There was a good lesson in there, I'm sure...the actual finish eludes me now!

Today in church I sat near an older man and woman. At one point, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that the woman was so moved by the worship that she stood up, arms open, smiling and singing to Jesus. I smiled to myself, closed my eyes and joined her in adoration of my King.

I'm not sure what made me look again, but the next thing I knew, the husband had his hand on the wife's waistband. I thought he was just giving her a love tap, but then it became evident that he was trying to coax her into sitting back down. After a couple of attempts, he then began rubbing her back, sliding his hand up to her shoulder and pushing hard, trying to pull her down into her seat.

I couldn't think of what to do, but......................

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Here's another unfinished post from May of this year:

I have about eighty majillion things I need to be doing right now, but I've given myself a short break to pop in and tell you guys how much I genuinely miss you! And also...

My son turned FIFTEEN!

(did you know that when you're 15, you are officially too cool to smile for any photos whatsoever, or to actually let anyone capture your coolness with her camera? apparently this is the case)

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Whew! That felt good! Now that I'll all cleaned up and on the up-n-up, I'll leave you with a question: what do you think I should do to celebrate my 500th post??? I love to celebrate the great things God has done- and the fact that he's given me enough things to write about for this long is a pretty neat thing- definitely reason for a party! So, what to do, what to do?  In case you're wondering what I did the first 4 celebrations, here are the links:

When we hit 100- we celebrated by making a list of 100 random HisGirl facts.

When we hit 200- we played a rousing game of Truth or Dare

When we hit 300- I made e-party favors for all who commented

When we hit 400- we made donations to Compassion International

Well, let 'em fly- do ya have any suggestions for #500? I think I have an idea of what I'm going to do, but let's see if you have a better idea :)

I'm all ears!

For this, O Lord, I will praise you among the nations;

I will sing praises to your name.

Psalm 18:49