After more tests at Baylor Dallas it has been determined (as I understand it) that Sally has AVM, Arteriorvenous malformation. Sally is stable tonight but they will have a neurosurgeon operate on her in the morning unless an emergency operation is necessary overnight.
The morning surgery has not yet been scheduled. Please continue to keep the Perez’s and their family in your prayers and especially Sally and the doctors in the morning.
Category: reflections
Mother’s Day founder wanted it ended
Wisebread has some interesting comments from Anna Jarvis who petitioned President Woodrow Wilson to make Mother’s Day a national holiday.
Apparently she wasn’t too fond of the commercialism either.
I wanted [Mother’s Day] to be a day of sentiment, not profit.
A printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world.
And candy! You take a box to Mother — and then eat most of it yourself. A pretty sentiment.
What will you do to route charlatans, bandits, pirates, racketeers, kidnappers and other termites that would undermine with their greed one of the finest, noblest and truest movements and celebrations?
There’s more on Wisebread. Be sure and check it out – and don’t forget your mother tomorrow – just don’t expect a rinky dink card that plays a song to show her your love.
Another quote/thought for the day
We always hear, “You are what you eat.”
Let’s take it a step further.
“You become what you worship.”
Quote of the day
“A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.”
– RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Train driving
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Originally uploaded by laurie416.
New photos are being uploaded as we speak from our honeymoon on Laurie’s Flickr page. Yup. She’s got em uploading right now.
We’re still waiting/looking for more photos from our actual wedding. So if you have some, drop us a link to your Flickr collection or feel free to e-mail them to us.
Living with a girl
I think I’ll borrow from Brandy’s blog and start another category here at SSL – “Living with a Girl.” Laurie likes the idea too and may start her own, “Living with a Boy.” After all – as you can see over on the right hand side of my blog – you can never have enough categories.
To start off with, here’s a list of a few observations I’ve noticed over the last 8 days since I started Living with a Girl.
- Girls smell good. – Seriously. Girls smell much gooder than boys. And they’re not fans of bad smelling boys or sulfur water or anything thing else that smells “funky”. I think that’s why they like candles and good smelling stuff so much – to over power the bad smell of boys. They’re also not fan of bad smelling trucks.
- Girls like things clean. – Well maybe not all girls, but mine sure does and it makes me want to be a better guy and keep things clean too. And I’ll be sure to admit that all the “junk” on the coffee table is mine right now. Including the shaving cream and razor that I brought downstairs to shave with this morning to be sure and not wake said girl at 6 a.m.
- Girls are soft. – It doesn’t get much better than the touch of your girl or a brush of her cheek against yours. And I believe that because they’re so soft, they love stuff just as soft. That’s why a fine super soft resort robe will win her attention any day over yours.
Well that’s it for now. Some of these may be new to you – others not so new. Some of them are just reminders of growing up with two sisters. But hopefully we’ll have some fun and learn some new insight into “Living with a Girl” along the way.
Oh and speaking of categories – which are your favorites? Which could you care less about? I can tell from some of my stats which ones you read the most – but I’d love to hear from you which categories you like the most.