"A Wink and a Smile"

Thinking about yesterday's reading ... Luke 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: "To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to anyone who asks of you, and from one who takes what it yours, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you ... be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful." I'm reminded that on this day 8 years ago , life as we know it CHANGED . Almost immediately you saw acts of kindness, charity, and love ... even to the stranger ... even to the enemy. If we can remember THAT day and live each day to come with just a bit more of our love, our time, and our prayers ... I think our world might just be the better for it.

Since I haven't shared my orthodontia update (I know you've been curious ... lol) in a while ... I'm ALMOST DONE. Yesterday I visited the orthodontist ... removal of wires, x-rays, moving of some brackets, and new wires put on. In 4 more weeks I will head back and hopefully at that time I will get some REMOVAL NEWS. I've been promised that I will not be wearing braces by Thanksgiving. That's a good thing because I will be going to my HS reunion back home and I do not want braces for that. It's a good thing we will be driving to that reunion because with all that metal and screws in my head, alarms might sound if I were flying ... I can't wait to smile in photos with TEETH SHOWING. I know that I am physically capable of showing *the cheese*, but I'm vain and choose to look all serious. OTHER GREAT NEWS for daughter #3. She got her braces off! The gums look a little swollen in these pics, but they will go down soon. They even sent her home with ba...