it started a couple of nights ago in our living room
and went something like this:
“would you consider me an extremist?”
with a wrinkled brow
squinted eye and slight snarl of his upper lip
no further reply was necessary
so yesterday
while chatting with sister nurse
I asked her the same question
“would you consider me an extremist?”
her BURST of laughter
said it all
no further reply necessary
then last night on our way to take our herd of children to eat
I asked sister banker
“would you consider me an extremist?”
another LOL
with a follow up question:
” is this a joke? Please tell me you are not just not realizing the fact.”
and with that
it was confirmed
I am a 35 year old EXTREMIST.
by definition an extremist can be described as:
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a person who favours or resorts to immoderate, uncompromising,or fanatical methods or behaviour |
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2. |
of, relating to, or characterized by immoderate or excessive actions,opinions, etc |
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| immoderate? check.excessive? double check.fanatical? at times. okay.okay. CHECK!
and while I am confessing I might as well go ahead and tell you I am an over achiever I HATE telling others no it physically pains me so I go and do and plan & homeschool & blog & own & help operate our feed store & host small group on Wednesdays & teach 4H & schedule farm camps & birthdays for SmithCreek Farm & cook & clean & keep house & up with my precious friends & family & go junkin’ & restock the booth where I resale & pick up eggs & other farm chores & YADA. YADA. YADA until my body SCREAMS “I’M TIRED” and thenI get sick and I’m down a few days and then typically I start all over again in no particular order. So tonight I’m pondering the sisters question: “why do you do all that you do?” Well, because I met a cowboy 21 years ago in high school fell in CRAZY love & married him four years later. Ten years later we had two cotton top, freckle faced boys we adore. We live on a farm and there’s lots to keep up. We love the Lord & our church and want to serve Him and others. We are blessed with a home that allows us to host & welcome others. I love people and my home and love having people visit our home. I adore my children and teaching and TEACHING MY CHILDREN at HOME causes my cup to runneth over I am CRAZY about my sisters and my friends and NEED our time together to laugh & cry to stay sane. Did I mention I love to laugh! and go junkin’ and read, tell stories (REAL stories) and write. so what is an extremist to do?? how? or where does an extremist begin? to simplify. I don’t know but ….“Lord, your servant is listening ..” what I do know “I am fearfully and wonderfully made..” I was created for a purpose it’s not all about me it’s ALL about HIM HIS kingdom HIS glory my SAVIOR, my KING and that
so, I tell ya what! you’ve read what little I do and do NOT know & this EXTREMIST would love to hear from you! Please post your comments, thoughts or suggestions on how I (or we-because if I were a bettin’ kinda gal, I’d bet I’m not alone in this matter) might begin to simplify Praying for us:
love & blessings, Karmen
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