another Monday...

Here I am again. Another monday afternoon at my long term sub job. I'm really thankful to be here! What could be better than 6th grade reading? (Even if these students are slightly more challenging than normal. I still love them.)

So last week it seemed like I was hearing bad news everyday. I wrote about Amy, my good friend from high school, whose father and brother were in a wreck on Sunday night. I've been praying for the other man involved and I heard that he woke from a coma the other day. I also have been praying that his family have mercy and not try to hold Amy's family liable. There was another article in the paper about it the other day.

Fiery collision that killed father, son remains a mystery

On Tuesday a friend from the church I grew up in was involved in a terrible accident on 62 in Mason County. He was passing a car and hit another car head on. They both had to be cut from the vehicles and air-lifted to the hospital. I have heard that Jarrod is going to be ok, but that he may have permanent damage done to his legs. The girl in the car he hit was not doing well the last I heard. I've been praying that she pulls through because her family may press charges against Jarrod.

My parents and I went to the visition for Amy's dad and brother on Thursday night. While we were there around 6:30 or 7 pm there was an accident on Route 35 near the Putnam and Mason County line. Jesse and I heard about it on the news. They said that a man was killed.

Then on Friday morning I found out that it was Stan Gray that was killed in that wreck. He is married to my mom's cousin, Angie. Stan was working for Mattress Warehouse at the time of the accident and he was still on the clock while traveling for business from Columbus, Ohio back to Winfield. Because he was "on the clock" I think Angie and their 2 young children will be getting a large check, plus whatever insurance they had on him personally. Kim Knoff, the owner of Mattress Warehouse, already set up two scholarship funds for their kids. I still feel terrible for Angie. I don't know how you would explain to 2 kids (the oldest of whom is in 6th grade) that their daddy is gone.

I've had enough of this blog. Next blog post will be on a happier note.

lost blog post...

so I typed up this huge blog post yesterday... (it WAS a snow day) and then I lost my internet connection. So I copied what I had typed and restarted the internet connection. Well, that didn't work so I had to restart the computer.

Being dumb ol' me, I forgot to copy my blog post to a file and save it. So I finally got connected again and then tried to open my post, but Blogger didn't save it. And since I restarted the computer I lost what I had copied!! blah.

So... I just don't feel up to retyping all of that. I may write more later.

I have some good news actually.

life is short

Yesterday I heard some terrible news.

My friend Amy (that I ran with in the fall) her family is in need of prayer right now. You may have heard on the news that a Putnam County man was killed in a car wreck on I-79 in Harrison County on Sunday night. It was Amy's father and youngest brother, Adam. Amy has written two notes on her Facebook page about it...she seems so strong. She said that they are comforted by the fact that both her brother and dad had trusted Jesus as their Savior and that they know they will see them again. Luckily, I know Amy's family is very close. She has an older brother, a younger brother and two sisters-in-law. I know Amy's faith is very strong and she'll make it through this rough time. Please pray for her mom, Jean. Amy lost a brother and her father, which is terrible enough, but Jean lost her baby boy and her husband on the same day. Its just a nightmare. Praise God that they knew Jesus...

All day yesterday after I found out about this... I had the Mandissa song "Only the World" in my head. The lyrics are so true.

Verse 1: Been a hard one, Been a bad one
Been a tough one, Been a sad one
It's been one of those days that keeps chipping away at my heart
Nothing new here, so what I do here its a stereo-typical day, in the life
I'm surrounded by all of the pain and the strife
but I know it's alright, woah oh

Chorus: Cause it's only the world I'm living in
It's only the day I've been given
There ain't a way I'm giving in Cause it's only the world (only the world)
I know the best is still yet to come
cause even when my deeds in the world are done
It's gonna be so much more than only the world to me
do do do do do do do do do, yeah its only the world

Verse 2: Anybody can you hear me? Do you feel me? Me, can you feel me?
I know I'm not the only one wearing the weight of this world
We got problems (said it's alright)
Just remember (yeah, it's alright)
Take a good around we're just stuck on the ground for a little while
Don't it make ya smile.

Chorus: Cause it's only the world I'm living in (Yeah)
It's only the day I've been given (Given)
There ain't a way I'm giving in Cause it's only the world (only the world)
I know the best is still yet to come
cause even when my deeds in the world are done
It's gonna be so much more than only the world to me

Bridge: Heaven is a place where the tears on every face will be wiped away
Oh and I can't wait to go, but for know it's enough to know,
this is only temporary, this is only temporary.


As Christians we are so blessed to know that all of the pain in this life if just temporary. We have the promise of seeing our loved ones again. We have the supernatural peace of God that passes all human understanding. (translation: we have peace when other people would be freaking out) If anyone reading this doesn't have this peace...and wants it, then please email me at mrscrouchlovesart@gmail.com. Jesus is the only way to have true peace.

Amy, in her two Facebook notes, has shown some amazing strength and faith. I'm sure she would agree with me that its because she has the peace of God.

The most striking thing she posted was this, her last sentence... "Don't forget to tell those closest to you how much you love them"

What an important lesson. We are so caught up in our lives that we forget things that are so simple and so important. None of us are guaranteed to see tomorrow. Life is so short.

sub job O-ver

So I went to my last day of my long term sub job on Monday morning. I found out that Ms. Richards had a doctor's appointment on Monday. Then she had a stress test today. So I was invited back for another day! I thought it was my last day. thought.

When I walked in the door this morning the VP looked at me and said, "oh, you're here for the next 2 weeks. She has up to 120 days and she's only used 60, so you'll probably be here through April." Wahooooooooooooo!

I got so lucky! I got this job all because I accepted this (2 week long, at the time) job early one morning....actually, it was a morning that I wasn't going to work at all because Jesse and I were supposed to go to Columbus. He had a business trip planned with his Nationwide job. However that job ended the week before the Columbus trip. So, we didn't go. And that...was the monday that I got the call for this job. Ironic? No. Just God showing me His love & His favor.
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