Butte College Journal

I have lots of filled (or partially filled) journals laying around my house. I think it's time to start going through them, learning what I can about myself, then getting rid of them and moving on. Here are the highlights of my past year.

Things I was musing over:

• the differences between "shadow" and "shade"
• Why I sometimes lie to avoid confrontation and embarrassment
• How to survive domestication -I wrote this after having to be at home all day by myself with nothing to do.
  

Projects I was working on:

• 2009 women's retreat -Theme: "Healing Blood"
  
• Lifeway writing assignment -huge assignment I did about being a servant like Christ. It was supposed to go online but I haven't seen it at all.
• Brittney's house warming party -now she's all grown up and getting married!
• Fund raising for young woman's ministries (stopped because everything fell through)
• Devotional assignment for Lifeway about Jesus being the only way to salvation.
  
• Started working on a personal essay for the Sac Bee but never finished.

Significant moments:

• The day we brought home Dozer
• 2008 VBS -I love my group of 5th and 6th graders
• September 6, 2008 -Youth Day
• August 30, 2008 -SYC car wash fundraiser
• Writer's workshop at the Paradise library
  

Sunday School:

• August 10, 2008 -Help in our Christian walk (Hebrews 2:14-18, 3:5-14)
• August 31, 2008 -Getting through our Christian walk (Hebrews 12)
• Date unknown -Romans Road
  

Something I wrote after a walk with Dozer in the Park:

Walk.
A carnival with laughing kids.
Everyone is happy.
I am alone but peaceful.
Not scared.
A man with jeans on.
Is He following me?

I'm excited to have kids someday.
To take them to the park or a carnival.
Until then I must watch from a distance.
Watch smiling children come up to me,
To pet my dog.
I'm more of a dog person anyways.

That is all for my Butte College journal. I can now recycle those memories. One small step to getting rid of some of the junk around my house.