thoughts...

my mom and i were talking about how poorly our elderly are taken care of once they go to a nursing home. she was paired up with a lady (through her church) to kinda just be friends with. my mom has gotten very close with this lady and now she is having some health issues and is back in a nursing home. my mom is a nurse (and started out working in a nursing home) and was telling me just how awful it is there. irene (the elderly lady) is losing control of her bodily functions but her mind is still very sharp. well she needs help with everything almost and my mom says the nurses or workers basically just don't care. i can't even fathom this. irene is having everything paid by the state so the nursing home she is in is not top of the line, but she still deserves to be treated well. i have no idea what i can do, but my spirit is aching about this. it hurts my heart to know that this is a common thing. our elderly deserve more.

i am a servant. a giver. a helper. i don't need anything back, i just like to help others in anyway i can. sometimes this can be a burden i guess. in my mind at least because i can not always help as much as i want to or as many people as i would like to. i pray god guides me to use the gifts he has given me. for people to not see me, but to see him shining through me. for all my actions to bring glory to his name. i heard td jakes say once before he started a sermon something along these lines...God, remove me from this situation and only let your words/thoughts/actions be hear and seen. that's what i want with my life. i want to help others. my friends. my family. my church. strangers. i've started to realize that i have a heart to help fellow americans who need help. a lot of people (celebrity's lately) are very focused on helping africa. which i think is amazing and i admire all that is being done to help that country and others. but i think our poor/homeless/or people in some form of need are overlooked. i need to look online for some organizations. i'm sure there are tons. i just feel a stirring in my spirit about this lately.

on a lighter note...we are about to finally put our house on the market. been getting it all cleaned up this weekend. i pray that whole situation goes smoothly. our baldwin house hasn't moved much. electrical should start this week and the rest of our windows will get in and they'll finish the siding. i'm ready to move in. lets get this thing started! i guess step one is selling our current house. :)

oh...ARE YOUR READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?????????????? yeah! such joy this time brings me. i had to watch every football game for four years in highschool so i think it just stuck. then i started to watch the vickings with my dad on sundays. and now i'm addicted! and cameron loves the gators so now i am addicted to college football. so last weekend and this weekend i've spent HOURS and HOURS in front of the tv watching any and all football games i can. and i LOVE sportscenter during this time of year. good times! :)

wow. they just showed faces and names of sex offenders on a commercial. that is awesome! we need to be informed.

k. hopefully i'll start blogging regularly again.

love ya!