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Happy Birthday, Grandma

On June 16th, 1933, a little girl was born

to Selma and Frank Habegger.

They named her Virginia Ellen.

The little girl grew…

and grew.

She became a nurse in 1953.

She married Gene S. on October 3rd, 1953.

Together they raised 4 children: Jan, Steve, Jill, and Kim.

Years later, Kim married Mike, and a few years after that, I came along.

In 2003, Virginia and Gene celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

My grandma was beautiful, sweet, funny; she was devoted to her Lord; she had a servant’s heart; she sang and helped and organized and served and loved…and was loved.

I love you, Grandma. I miss you. I’ll see you soon.



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Fathers' Day

I want to wish a very happy Fathers' Day to each and every Daddy out there...particularly my own!





THE PATRIARCH
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More noble than the valiant deeds of shining knights of yore,
More powerful than earthly plights that make the rich man poor,
More kingly than a royal throne or a lion with his pride,
Is he whose babes sleep well at night sure Daddy will provide.

There is a spirit in this land and Jezebel’s her name.
She’s calling you to leave your home for power, fun, and fame.
She wants your wife, your children too — she’ll never compromise,
Until your house is torn in two by listening to her lies.

But though a hundred thousand million men may fall prey to her lures,
And wives en masse leave home in search of "more fulfilling" chores,
Though preachers praise, and friends embrace, her pagan plan of death,
Stand strong and quit you like a man with every blessed breath.

Stand strong and rise, O man of God, to meet this noble call,
The battle is not new you see, it’s been here since the Fall.

Your wife is your helpmeet, my friend, and not another man’s,
So care for her and keep her far from Mistress Jezi’s plans.
Protect, provide, and give to her your undivided life,
This is the dear one of your youth, your precious bride, your wife.

And rally to those tiny ones who trust you for their care —
A lifetime spent discipling them’s a lifetime pure and rare.
For when they put their hand in yours and know a Daddy’s love,
You’re showing them a picture of the Father from above.

Look not toward worldly goal or gain, or for your liberty,
Look only into their sweet eyes to find your ministry.
Devote your heart and sacrifice and make your manly mark —
There is none so great as he who finds his call as patriarch.

—Douglas W. Phillips

A Jewelry Meme

O.K., you may remember that I stated not long ago that I intend to continue creating memes. This one is a jewelry meme.


I got the idea because my Aunt Sherry, who was recently out here for a visit, is a beader. Yes, you read that right, a beader. Which means that she takes beads and makes jewelry out of them. Jewelry like this:

Or like this:

Or like this:

Aren't they lovely? So I got to thinking about it, and I figured I'd make a meme out of it. Here goes.



If you could design a piece of jewelry, exactly the way you wanted it, with beads, crystals, etc., describe what it would look like.

A bracelet: It would be made of Swarovski crystals, in two different shades, light and dark, of each color: blue, purple, yellow, pink. It would probably have little spacers between, probably of blue or clear beads, and it would have a small silver or gold clasp. Similar to this bracelet Aunt Sherry made my mom, except in my colors:

A necklace: Again, in Swarovski, of light and dark shades of blue, purple, yellow, and pink. It might have a little pendant on it, probably a heart or just a large bead, or it might not, I'm not quite sure which would be prettier. Here's a necklace she made for me:
A pair of earrings: Dangly earrings, preferably with small Swarovski beads of the light shade of each color, but if all four don't fit on the earring, probably just blue and pink. Pretty much just like these earrings she made me, except in those colors:


O.K., now for the tagging part. I tag all three of The Girls, which would be Aunt Missy, Loi, and Kryssy, and I tag Mrs. Theresa (and her daughter, too, if she wants to), and also Kate, if she's not too busy.


Well, folks, there's the meme!

Shopping Spree...and other random things

Shopping Spree -- yes I did! For those of you who actually know me, and know what a tightwad I usually am, you will be shocked to hear that I actually spent $26.67! And all in one store! But only $1.67 of it was my money, so I don't feel too bad about it.

Let me back up a little. In my American Sign Language 2 class this past spring, there was an elderly lady whom I helped, sort of tutored, throughout the semester, because she really needed some help. Her ASL1 teacher had hardly taught them anything, so they had to re-learn almost everything. As y'all know, my grandma went to be with Jesus this past January (and her birthday is coming up, at which point I intend to do a memorial post for her), and this lady, Laura S., became like a grandma to me. As a matter of fact, I adopted her (I now call her my Nana Lauda, because in Italian -- she's very Italian, by the way -- Laura is pronounced Lauda) as my grandma, and she adopted me as her granddaughter (she doesn't have any grandkids). Anyway, at the end of the semester, she surprised me with a MasterCard gift card to say thanks for all the help I'd given her. And of course I had to take it, because when I tried to tell her she shouldn't of and didn't need to...well, she just told me that now she was a nana and nanas get to do things like that. The gift card had $25 on it.

So I thought about it for about a week (I always think about spending money for quite awhile before I do it, as you might know), and here's what I got (let's hear three cheers for WalMart!):



I had known for awhile that I needed to get some sunglasses, because I've been doing a lot of squinting (all that sidewalk and asphalt around here reflects the sun pretty bad), so I found a nice pair for $10:

And I just recently started carrying a purse (which is a whole 'nother post, folks), and I knew I needed a different wallet (I had been using a purse that had been given to me years and years ago, but I didn't have a suitable wallet, so I had been borrowing a hipfold of my dad's), and I found a cute, suitable one for $7:

I had also known for awhile that I wanted a different purse than that one I had been carrying, that had been given to me years and years ago, but I hadn't really been planning to buy one that day...that is, until I saw this:

I was in love. So I didn't really feel guilty about spending that much money, because I had thought everything through and they were stuff I really wanted and would use. And it sure was nice just to spend a little money for fun, for once...especially since it wasn't really coming out of my pocket. So yes, folks, I did a shopping spree.

Now for the random parts. Here's a public announcement:

Now hear this...now hear this...

The month of June is an extremely busy month for Rebekah. Please forgive her if she does not post more than two or three times in the month. She is nearly constantly doing something. If she does not visit your blog very often, it is nothing personal...she is simply extremely busy. Please do not take offence at this. She will be back to normal as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Seriously, my schedule is extremely full this month. I am taking an Interior Design class at the college, which meets twice a week, four hours per day. I am tutoring two different students, one for an 1 1/2 hour, twice a week, and the other for 1 hr 15 mins, twice a week. Add that to my usually busy life, and you get, well, busier.

I'm running out of time, so I will have to post the other random things later on. See you then!