#2

I was supposed to baby-sit for neighbors from 5:30 to 9-ish tonight.  The mom has to be downtown (Seattle) and the dad was in Portland.  However, the dad's meeting was canceled so he'll be home and they don't need me to watch their sweet daughter.  This is how amazing they are- she bundled up the baby (she's 7 mos) to come over and tell me in person that they don't need me (because she doesn't have my phone number- we set up baby-sitting dates via e-mail), and she gave me $25 because she felt bad for canceling.

Amazing.

When she left I said to my husband, "They are such incredibly sweet and generous people!".  His reply was poignant, and kind of sad-- he said, "Doesn't it break your heart when people like that aren't Christians and so many who claim to be Christians are the opposite?".

Yes, yes it does.

#1

Right now Creed is playing on my favorite radio station  (during the '90s Five... 30 minutes of '90s classics.  Makes me feel old.  The '90s were my coming of age decade.) and I have had a sudden realization:  I really hate Creed, particularly Scott Stapp's voice and cheesy-attempts-at-inspirational lyrics.