We finally closed on our condo today! Yea! This has been a long process, and I'm glad it's over. So, for my Nashville friends: I'm coming home! I'm going to miss Chattanooga quite a bit, but it'll be cool to get to spend time with some of my old buds again.
Maybe now that the closing is over I can devote some of my brainpower (which is apparently very limited) to writing blog posts. I'd like to get a few good ones up before school starts. I suspect I won't be posting much after that.
I'm selling an old pair of jeans on eBay. A friend of mine posed in them for me and I wrote up a character for him (he is now known as Sweet Marco). I think it's pretty funny, but then again...I'm pretty strange.
Sorry for the lack of updates as of late. We had a family tragedy this last weekend which has been consuming our thoughts and time. My wife's cousin, Carrie, has been through a horrible ordeal. On Thursday Carrie's husband, Justin, shot and killed himself in front of her. They have 2 small children: Keaton (4) and Brady (7).
There's alot going through my mind at this point and I wanted to put some of it in writing. This is a terrible thing to do to your family, especially your kids. I struggle with understanding how someone could become so detached from their children that they would be o.k. with hurting them like this.
It has been a horrible ordeal for the whole family, but I can't help but be thankful for the good things God has done during this time. I think that God used this as a wake up call to some people in Lesley's family and I know that God has comforted and united this family in the midst of this tragedy.
On a personal note I am thankful for the opportunity to help others and to forget myself for a few moments. My life is generally so consumed with me. I'm continually thinking about myself, my wants, my needs, my hurts, etc. It gets so tiring.
I hate what has happened, but I see how God takes the worst things in life and brings good out of them and I am thankful. I think that this comment from Sundar Singh is particularly appropriate now.
Any prayers for Carrie and her family would be appreciated.