Bethany's 18!

Bethany turns 18 today! Can you believe it? We went to Maggiano's yesterday to celebrate. We'll be hanging out today- Starbucks, more Heroes, etc. 

Back to Blogging

I'm returning to blogging after a three month break. I gave myself permission to let some things go when I went back to teaching and planned to slowly add them back to my life. August- (I never gave it up) cook dinner every night after work. September- running four times a week. October- cleaning my house (okay, I haven't mastered this yet). November- blogging. This is a great week to resume blogging. Tomorrow is a big day at the Barber house . . . 

Heroes

Since we're off for the week, we've resumed watching Heroes. Thanks to the writer's strike last year, we'll be able to watch all of the second season this week. We love this show! The basic theme is some people are given abilities and have to make the choice to use them for good or not so good. It makes me think of friends I know who have chosen to do extraordinary things with their life- like my brother-in-law and sister-in-law and our friends the Haldemans who foster children. Or our friend who left a good paying job in corporate America to go in the ministry (for not so good pay but many other benefits). We're blessed to have many friends doing amazing things. I'm always questioning whether I'm using my not so extraordinary gifts for selfish or selfless reasons. I think I'll always be asking this question in my journey.