A Parents Love

I think I'm just now starting to realize just how much my parents love me...thanks to the fact that I'm now a parent.

Abbey was up most of the night last night and her fever got as high as 103.4. However, what concerned me most was her eyes. She laid there with no energy and her eyes had no life. I ended up calling her doctor at about about 4:30AM. He said as long as she was drinking and the fever didn't get over 104 to keep her in and not go to ER. Who knows, maybe it was nothing but it's the worst feeling in the world to watch your child lay there sick...I hate it!

I love solving problems for people and I'm usually a guy who can make bad situations better, so to watch a sick child lay there and moan when there is nothing I can do about it is awful!

Oh, one more thing...its amazing how ones prayer life changes when in a desperate situation. I never stopped last night and said, "Dear Father..." However, there were several times I just softly spoke, "God, please reduce this child's fever..."

She's feeling a little better this morning and the fever is around 101. Hopefully it doesn't spike again tonight...

Art

I met up with some good friends of mine while in Tulsa,OK; Jerry and Gloria Burns. They drove up from Dallas to visit and watch our mens basketball team compete in the National Tournament. Jerry is a Rochester College alum (class of 1959-60) and his father (C.C. Burns) was my dads minister while growing up in Flint, MI. They are great people and mean so much to my family and Rochester College. They took me to the Gilcrease art museum in Tulsa and we spent the afternoon taking in some great art. The two pictures above are the two pieces of art that impacted me the most. The water fall picture is "Shoshone Falls" just outside of Twin Falls, ID. I visited these falls in person in 1998 and stood there speechless. The original painting is displayed in the Gilcrease and as soon as I saw it I knew what it was. It was painted by Moran, a very famous painter who made Yellowstone famous with his artwork.

The other painting is by Russell. Russell is known for his western art and more specifically the Native American culture. This particular painting really impacted me. It's a lady who has buried her husband with her child standing next to her. She is "cutting herself" which is tradition when native american women are in mourning. She has also killed her husbands horse as it represents the great spirit watching over him.

Thank you Jerry and Gloria...really enjoyed spending the afternoon with you.

My Two Girls And A Bear

Rachel and Abbey spent a few days in St. Louis when I was in Tulsa this past week. They had decent weather one day so went to the zoo.