prayer

i was reminded yesterday morning once again that prayer really works. through a beautiful, symbolic act of a friend, i saw my own prayers being answered right there in front of me. i know it sounds so cliche and obvious, but it is so true that God answers prayer.

"then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and i will listen to you. you will seek me and you will find me when you seek me with all your heart." jeremiah 29: 12-13

dallas

oh dallas. a city i love, a city i hate. that old erasure song, "i love to hate you," well, let's just say it displays my feelings for dallas. in the last four days, dallas has rejected a proposal that would have turned the city around simply because it was attached to someone they don't like. ahhh...what visionaries we are.

since moving to texas from the great city of tulsa oh so many moons ago, i have watched (in horror, i might add) the infamous dallas city council in their many debacles on the evening news. i've watched the news anchors try not to laugh as they cover these crazies and their antics. i've watched the city continue to crumble beneath itself, the city of $30,000 millionaires (by the way, have you seen sheer dallas...genius) seems to be proud of that...hmm. something is wrong. and now the crazies have won. yes, miller may have been one of them for a time herself, but i think she actually said it best at a debate i went to a month or so ago when she stated, "don't you want dallas to have the ability to attract someone better than ME to be the mayor?!?!?" enough said. oh well.

mollie, the whataburger parting gifts were a hit...jay and i actually got caught fighting over the last one! heehee, thanks mols and kevin, for a wonderful time. it was beautiful. here's to the burpos!!!

julie and rob at mollie's wedding, i'm sure these recently engaged lovebirds heads were spinning...only 5 months to october!!! congrats to a wonderful couple! 

mols and kevin...off to paradise!!