Friendship for a Lifetime

This week I had the oportunity to spend time with a woman who has been one of my closest friends in my life. We met when I was still in college and was deeply involved in Hinduism. Through her witness, I found the Lord. We have lived far apart almost all of our adult lives, but our friendship has never faded. No matter how long we are apart, we always seem to pick up where we left off. Although our hair has gone gray, and we have lost our girlish figures, so much has stayed the same.

I have never been very good with make-up, and rarely experiment, and on many days, don't even bother to put any on. Becky has always has her make-up on. Even when we were young, she always put on make-up before leaving the house. Even on this visit, Becky was teaching me about new make-up.

She is currently growing her hair out for Locks of Love.



Becky has always made lists, but her lists are like no one else's. The paper on the right shows her list of restaurants near her hotel. Her list has all the ethnic restaurants within miles of her hotel. She is definitely not a steak and potatoes girl. Her lists took us on many adventures when we were young. On our days off we would hop in the car and go, some days to auctions, some days for wet drives in the mountains, and we always seemed to encounter someone or something unique along the way.

This day we ended up at a Mexican restaurant to celebrate her birthday.



In all our adventures we seem to end up a bookstore.....in the diet and magazine sections. We both have a great love of books, and in our younger days, long before the days of mega chains with food and drink, we wanted to open a book store with comfy chairs and food. I think someone from the chains must have been listening.

We wouldn't be women if we hadn't ended up at the shoe store!



It is amazing to me that two people can stay so much the same through the years, but I am so greatful for a friendship that can last a lifetime.

Moral Inheritance

I have been thinking about the changes in our society, and I don't like it. We are not treating each other with respect. There does not seem to a moral guideline, people are living by their own rules and out to please only themselves. People seem to be out for personal satisfaction, at the expense of others. We are so politically correct, that everyone's viewpoint is correct, there is no right or wrong. When I look at the results of these attitudes, we have constant disagreements, and people's greed has led to enormous consequences for our economy because everyone wants what is best for themselves.

Although the move has been happening for the last fifty years, it seems to be accelerating in the last ten years. This is shocking to me, as our society had a moral standard for centuries reinforced by the culture. This has led me to question why so much has changed in the last ten years. My conclusion is that the generation that was raised during the great depression is dying out, and is no longer in leadership. The baby boomers are now in charge, in politics, business and the church. We have long been known as a selfish generation and we have rebelled against the moral standards of our parents and have not raised our children in the church to give them a moral guideline for life. Is lack of integrity the result or our moral inheritance to our children?

My greatest concern is that the changes are happening in the church. If the church cannot provide leadership, where will the coming generations find hope. In the midst of these thoughts, I saw hope. I was talking with a young man of 20 over the weekend who is called to action, politically, spiritually and morally. He gave me hope for the coming generations. Thank God there have been a few parents of the baby boomer generation who have raised their children well. Their inheritance to their children is far greater than wealth.

Looking for Style

I have been stuggling to find my style as an older woman. I have recently found a couple of sites that have been a help. Hope they also help my readers.

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The Makeover Guy

The 9-12 Project

I am a big fan of Glenn Beck. He has started a new project. Check it out.

The 9-12 Project

The mission page of the site describes the goals.

This is a non-political movement. The 9-12 Project is designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001. The day after America was attacked we were not obsessed with Red States, Blue States or political parties. We were united as Americans, standing together to protect the greatest nation ever created.

The site provides updates and ideas for reaching that goal, a united people.