Chuck, Michelle and I all have something very, very special to praise the Lord for. This gift of His love came into our lives in late 2008 and filled a void in each of our hearts that we never even knew we had. You see, since we don’t have children, the Lord in His wisdom gave us a little Emi to fill our void so that we could experience the magic and wonder of raising a tiny little human being in His nurture and admonition.
But for serious, Emi is a treasure that I’m truly thankful for and here are some reasons why.
1.) She’s very small. I like that. I don’t know why, I just do.
2.) She is chilled. She’s very chilled. But she’s also a hard worker. She’s a chilled, hard worker. She should be an RS.
3.) I find her to be hilarious. Here are some examples:
TallGoddess: you could totally be in leadership
Emi: no thank you
TallGoddess: ah hah, now it’s settled
TallGoddess: you will be
TallGoddess: only people who don’t want to be in leadership end up there
Emi: ahh so now i just have to “want to be in leadership” and by saying so will end up not
TallGoddess: it’s too late
TallGoddess: the Lord has you marked
TallGoddess: He just has to break you first
Emi: oh I believe he already has
Emi: in HALF!
Emi: which is my logical reasoning of why I’m short
And then today — she sends this email around to our loving Home seeings as her back is out and she must lie in bed all day (pray for her please).
In pondering about my “situation” and thinking of how I could speed up my healing process, the idea was brought up in how I would enjoy it if everyone would draw me “Get Well Soon” cards, I honestly believe it would cheer me up immensely.
I know it will take some time and effort, but the results of it would be fruitful, inspiring, unifying, and quite possibly make us bond even more as the Team that we are (no pun intended).
I would recommend drawing the card upside down with the card facing the opposite direction, and possibly with your left hand if you’re right handed and vice versa (with your right hand if you’re left handed) as that would portray a more childlike result and thereby exude more sincerity in the card you are drawing.
Speaking of drawing, if you happen to use color pencils or markers, in light of the recent economy and the constant need to minimize our spending, I want to emphasis the need to be sparse in your haphazard coloring. I would suggest drawing arrows to the desired colored object with the note stating the color. (i.e. Picture of Lamborghini. Arrow to Lamborghini saying “This is Electric Yellow” and so on…) As I believe the effort is two-fold, in that the Lord will continue to supply through your earnestness to be a happy Ragman for Him AND that I would know what colors you want your object of desire to be.
I will inform you that I am quite adept at reading colors; due to the daily toddler flashcards I have been doing, so there should be absolutely no glitches along that line…a real testimony in itself! PTL! TYJ!
I hope this explains it real well to make this card-making process a reality.
I will be praying for you desperately….while in bed.
Thank you.
–Emi
Yup. Emi brightens my life on a daily — and sometimes, when she’s really on a roll — hourly basis. I’m including a nice photo of her here because it encapsulates another prominent feature of hers that I like; she really, really enjoys beer.
