I Am Back!

Hey blog friends, I’m back!  I think I am finally through being sick.  First, I had a cold that was the worst thing I have ever experienced, besides the time I had the flu.  My lungs were so congested that I couldn’t take in a full breath.  The things we take for granted.

That reminds me of a facebook status I read today.

Ah! I just realized I can breathe out of my nose again. I so often take my health for granted. What a good reminder to thank God for every breath!

How do you respond to things like that?  Do you ignore them?  Do you challenge the notion that god is responsible for our breath?

I did reply, having just had the same experience.  The first day that I was able to fully fill my lungs with air, I said out loud how awesome it was to be able to breathe again.  Re: the facebook comment, I just said that I could relate because I just had a bad chest cold.  I just ignored the god part.  This friend isn’t someone I want to go that route with.  (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)

So, after my chest congestion broke up, it turned into a painful head cold.  Then, just as that was getting better, wait for it, all five of us (husband and 3 kids, for you noobs) got hit with a stomach flu.  Three kids all throwing up at the same time.  Whoopie!

But now, it looks as if we are all on the mend.  I even took the boys snowboarding today.  They go every Monday with a homeschool group, but we don’t actually meet up as a group; we just get the group rate.  We had to miss it last week because we were too sick.

I brought my laptop with me to the mountain, since I don’t ski or board.  I found out that they charge for day use of the wi-fi, but I was able to get the final two installments of my conversion/de-conversion story done!  I guess that’s what happens when one is not distracted by the internet.  I still need to read them over and make any changes, but I plan on posting part four tomorrow.

I’m happy with the way the whole thing came together.  Part one is my back story and how I became a Christian.  Part two is how I got all fundamentalist-y.  Part three is how it all unraveled and I stopped believing in Christianity.  Part four is about how things were for me after I didn’t believe in god anymore.  Part five is the way my new life philosophy is shaping up.

I feel a sense of closure now that I have worked through writing out all the whole story.  There are so many other posts I want to do that explore religion and belief, but I wanted to work through my own story first.  So, I am very happy about sitting down and getting it all done today.

So, now that you’re all caught up on my life, what’s new with you?