Remember when I said, "He's showing me the clarity I can achieve through discipline and even sacrifice." Well I am finding out that the opposite is also true.

I taught Sunday school this morning. I didn't have that clarity leading up to it. But I did have a few chips, a small bowl of ice cream and a lot of pity parties. I realized what was wrong just in time to repent before we left for church and was able to present some good truth, but it sure was short.

I found a pretty little maple shoot growing near/under the steps to our back porch so I put him in a little pot. This is for you Amy.

I haven't done any research yet on growing him up to tree status, but I wanted to get him to safety before Woody comes to weed eat the yard this week.

There is a little fellow that follows me around and sneaks into my pictures now and then. I call him Ivan.