Three little letters yet it has such potential.  I know very little in regards to computers.  What exactly is RAM, I know not.  According to Wikipedia RAM is: Random Access Memory which is a type of computer data storage.  What does this have to do   with anything you may ask.  Well, my little brother is my personal computer IT guy.  He has remote access to my computer so he can remote in and control my cursor and take over my computer.  As a side note, it's pretty wierd watching your cursor come to life and move around your computer screen out of what appears to be it's own free will.  But I digress.  Anyway, my lil' bro commented on how slow my computer was running and casually mentioned I could get more RAM.  How might I do that?  He quickly pulls up some website and points to the object I need to buy so I did.  A few days later I had a small package arrive on my door step.  My new RAM.


How many think I could actually install, on my own, without blowing up or killing my computer, my new RAM?  Well I did.  And it's amazing.  I was able to take off the cover, stare into the abyss of electronic components with little chips and dots of gold and manage to successfully extricate the old and enter 2 new pieces of RAM. 

OK, so I have probably butchered this description as a result of not knowing the proper verbage or lingo.  Oh well.

Thanks Andy for all the awesome technical support.  You rock.
Love ya,
Marcie
     

It's amazing how easy it is to get caught up in the mess of life.  The grumblings, drama and craziness of work.  The tough decisions about how to make and adapt to changes.  Changes that may affect your friendships, your safe place where you are known and where you trust others.  It's easy to let yourself be overwhellmed, weighed down and burdened by things like "what is my purpose in life?"  I still haven't found the clarity Michael was talking about. 

But the Lord is amazing.  He always finds a way to put things back in perspective.  I spent my day off sitting in a hotel room.  It was on the seventh floor with a great view.  It was a beautiful sunny day, light breeze, no clouds.  Just gorgeous.  But I didn't get out to enjoy it (for once I had a very good reason).  Instead I just sat.  I carried on various conversations with my aunt and her husband and other times we were silent.   We listened to the sirens of the ambulence outside as they drove past rushing some poor sole to the ER.  My aunt sat and crochetted her blanket, partly to keep herself warm because my uncle is hot natured and keeps the air up.  It seems like a pretty mundane day.  So how was this amazing you ask? 

Well, my aunt is battling cancer.  Luckily she's in year three and still making it OK.  Her sister on the other hand, is in year five and not doing so well.  She spent her whole day inside MD Anderson.  Somehow talking about her and wondering why her tests were taking so long and wondering if something had happened seemed to bond us togehter.  You know what was amazing, just sitting to be and enjoy what was right in front of me.  My family, casual conversation, nothing strained.  We are able to talk freely about her health and the future.  There is no need to deny what is going in.  There is also no need to be all serious.  We can still laugh and tell stories and reminisce about old times.  We can philosophize about life and the world we live.  We can stare out a window and appreciate the little things we see. 

Thank God for the awesome sunshine he brought and the flowers blooming already in February. 

Enjoy your day and don't forget to stop and notice the small things.  Smell the flowers.