An Hour We'll Never Get Back

Tweet It was a beautiful day in Hampton Roads.  A fabulous day, in fact!  The sun was out and the temperature was pleasant.  It was an absolutely perfect day for an outing to the local zoo!

Or so we thought...

Righting Past Wrongs

Tweet Several years ago, while Chris & I were living in California, Jimmy Buffett had a show in San Francisco right around the time of our anniversary. I had the Ticketmaster page open & all Chris needed to do was enter our debit card information & click "submit."

Evidently, that hint was not obvious enough.

I just found out that Jimmy Buffett is coming to Virginia Beach this May. Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10am.

Chris - this is your chance to right a past wrong & make me finally shut up about San Francisco.

Update 12MAR2011: Jimmy Buffett tickets did not actually go on sale at LiveNation until 10:20am EST.  Yes, I sat there & refreshed the page for 20 minutes. I immediately tried to purchase tickets and failed.  The General Admission/Lawn tickets are $30 apiece ($46 with fees) and the scalpers are selling those tickets for $114 apiece ALREADY!!!  Sorry.  As much as I love Jimmy Buffett, I am not spending $228 on two tickets.

Just as I am...

Tweet One of my favorite hymns (oh, I have many...) is Just as I Am, Without One Plea.  It has a simple, straight-forward melody and the harmony, also simple, is beautiful.  I have always felt this way.  This hymn can bring me to tears in a minute.

The third stanza is particularly meaningful for me

Just as I am, though tossed about
with many a conflict, many a doubt,
fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.*

I was raised, intentionally or not, to question everything.  This part of my personality has served me well over the years but it has also caused me to be on a continual journey in my own spirituality.  I don't think this is a bad thing because through every trial, every question, every doubt, my faith has been reaffirmed.