Can anyone help me out with why one of the current top searches leading to my blog is “burning rubber smell in car?”
I guess it’s better than Casey’s “awkward” top search, but still…
Father’s Day
I love my father, but I find few things more difficult than picking out a Father’s Day card. If your dad doesn’t BBQ for the neighborhood, play golf (I’ve given him way too many golfing cards over the years), drink beer and sit on the couch like a lazy bum, isn’t obsessed with tools, or wasn’t the best dad ever you find yourself SOL. “You’ve always been there for me…;” “You always know just what to say…;” “You’ve always pointed me in the right direction…;” “You’ve set an example for me to follow in life…;” “You’re the best dad ever…;” I don’t want to lie via the US Postal service.
I was thinking something more honest along the lines of…”Hey, Dad. Nice try. Happy Father’s Day.”
To Kansas again
Not that anyone not reading this cares, yes, I am bitter, but I’m flying out to Kansas again on Thursday, and it cannot come fast enough. Not only do I get to see my family again, and for much happier reasons than last time (i.e. my step-bro’s graduating from college, with honors, we’re so proud…and it happens that our birthdays are on the 14th and 15th as well), but I get to get away…away from life here, and that makes me glad.
Have I mentioned lately how much I adore my step-siblings?
Goodbye, Tyler
I was awakened with one of those phone calls we all dread. 
We fly out to Kansas on Friday for the funeral on Saturday. Sobbing and sorrow come in waves with lulls of numbness.
Listen to the advice, and please, don’t try to drive through water.
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=143882
http://www.koamtv.com/global/story.asp?s=10273090
http://ozarksfirst.com/content/fulltext/?cid=143882
http://www.koamtv.com/global/story.asp?s=10273090
Christmas this year won’t compare. As my mother so eloquently and rightly put it, getting his girlfriend pregnant wasn’t Tyler’s mistake, but God’s gift to the family to keep some of Tyler with us, as He knew this was coming. Thank you, Lord. Your grace is even found in tragedy.
Goodbye, Tyler. I will miss you.
April 29, 2009 · Posted in News
The drownings of two people near Mound Valley were reported Wednesday morning by the Labette County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff William C. Blundell said victims were Tonya L. Demoss of Springfield, Mo., and 26-year-old Tyler J. Odaffer of Parsons.
The couple were reported missing on Tuesday when friends and family members last saw them around 10 p.m. east of Mound Valley on 15000 Road.
Officers began searching a low water crossing and contacted Parsons Fire Department Water Rescue units and EMS for assistance.
Around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, their vehicle, a 1998 Saturn four-door, was found in Pumpkin Creek approximately 200 feet south of the low-water crossing overturned and submerged under approximately 10-feet for water trapping both occupants.. It is believed the vehicle was traveling west on 15000 road and tried to cross a low water crossing and was swept off the roadway.
Tonya Demoss was driving the vehicle and Tyler Odaffer was a passenger in the car.
Both bodies were sent to Topeka for autopsies.
Random and Fun Photos Part II
Two-headed Snuggie
Three hours of family Rock Band at Christmas in Kansas
Lake Aurora, FL or Cypress Gardens-I can't remember
Southern Utah Rock and Moon
Random and Fun Photos
Merry Christmas from Branson, MO
- A sign that clearly isn’t taken seriously
Looking out my car window. Yes, I live in FL.
Bird on the Beach
Cypress Gardens Bee
New things
- From the orchid tree in mom’s backyard
Photography as a new hobby, or a new passion?
It has been a long time since I’ve felt an excitement stirring in my heart. Recently I have had three things cause my heart to beat just a little faster, and I cannot seem to separate them.
Photography, teaching, and writing.
I won’t share the details of what the Lord may be stirring. Suffice it to say I have some things to talk to Him about. Currently, I am just thankful to be stirred, however, there remains always a fear that I will pursue the wrong thing, or the right thing for the wrong reasons. Perhaps it’s time I just finally pour myself into something unreservedly, and trust Him with it- completely.
Teaching and writing have been desires of my heart for some time, but never in this way, from this angle. I still very much have another “stirring” in my heart from two years ago involving a unique music/drama/ministry production of sorts…but maybe it’s just not time for that flower to bloom yet. I have a feeling it’s going to need quite a bit more watering first, and that’s okay.
For now I’m actively waiting, learning, practicing, praying, trusting, and hoping.
A man’s heart plans his way,
But the LORD directs his steps.
But the LORD directs his steps.
Proverbs 16:9
