The Big Wedding

For those wanting to catch up on the BIG family news-

Check it out-

http://www.wpcva.com/articles/2007/02/13/altavista/news/news12.txt

I Love My Job

I just thought that I would tell everyone that I love my job. I don’t like getting up, but I like my job. I don’t even mind the drive, because I get to listen to Rick and Bubba. Once I get to work, I like my job. I like my co-workers, I love the kids, I love the “new and improved” building, and I especially love the library. I have always liked my job (well, after year one), but in the past few years, especially since moving to my position as librarian, I love my job. Today I dealt with over 100 eighth graders working on projects. The questions never end. If I heard “Mrs. Courington” once, I heard it several hundred times- but, I still love my job. I love helping with research- I think working in a research library would be cool- but I could never leave my sweet middle school children. I have a job where no two days are ever the same. Some days are smooth, other rough- but, I love my job. How about you- do you love your job????

Girl-Boy- Girl or Boy??????

As most of you know, we are going to be blessed, Lord willing, with another grandchild. They just keep getting better as they come along. We hope and pray that all goes well with this pregnancy for Kim and the baby. Levi was an uneventful pregnancy, certainly compared to Addi. I don’t like to think about any part of that, except the beautiful outcome.
We are excited about the possibilities for this little one. I know his/her parents will do a great job raising them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
I am thinking GIRL- just to break the cycle of girl-boy-boy. Kim thinks boy because I went girl-boy-boy. Josh has a girl, so we will see where their pattern goes! Of course Paul is from boy-girl-girl. His older sister has 1 boy, and the younger has girl-boy. My sister has girl-girl-girl, and my brother has girl-boy-boy. I am from girl-boy-girl, and David is from boy-boy. Charles and Genie are from such a tribe that I could not start to analyze that crew. So what do you think? Girl or boy? Of course healthy is all that matters, but it is fun to speculate!

Lectureship Week!

Tomorrow I will be going to the annual Freed Hardeman Lectures with David. The first full week in February is a week that I look forward to for several reasons (other than being off work). I love being around so many Christians. I love to hear the lectures. They are almost always enjoyable. I, for some strange reason, love to attend the Mission Forum. I enjoy hearing the missionaries tell about their work. There are so many good men willing to go to places that I can’t and won’t go to- I am thankful for them. I love seeing old friends, some from college days. I enjoy seeing how everyone has aged, and yet I have remained untouched by age (of course I am looking at them through bifocals!). I love being at Freed Hardeman University. A piece of my heart still lives on campus. There is just something about being there that makes me feel like I am in my 20’s all again. I love how familiar it feels, even after these 30 years since I graduated. I love the memories- walking hand in hand with David across the campus. While things have changed to some degree, many things remain the same. I love seeing all the young people that are students. I think of their parents, and the sacrifices many are making to provide them with a Christian education. This year will be a little different for me. For the past 9 years we have had one (or two) of our children at Freed. Lectureship week always meant getting to see them as students, with their friends, going to class, attending chapel with them- all things that I did at the same place. I will miss looking for one of them to come into chapel and to share the snug little seat beside me. I hope that one day I will get to sit with Addi, Levi, and Hannah in chapel at a Christian university. I want to be there to share that moment with them, just as I did with their parents. Hey- I will only be 66 or so when Addi starts college! I think I can make that. Pray for us as we travel.