Good morning

It's been forever since I last wrote anything. I tend to think of several things to think about all at once and then they fizzle away out of laziness, which is part of the reason this little ol' blog hasn't been updated in months. Other reasons include busyness.

Let's see, let's see... Well the summer has of course come and gone; we've been married a year since May (HOORAY!); we've seen God provide 0in amazing and very unexpected ways; and now we live in a new apartment with two kitties. Yes, our family unit has gone from the two of us with two turtles, and two kitties in a two bedroom apartment. Pictures will follow at some point!

I just woke up about 40 minutes ago. As I was getting up to feed the kitties (Autumn and Tobias, by the way), there's a knock on the door. I hesitated to answer. Backing it up a bit, there's an older woman -- I don't know how old -- that lives on the third floor, who shortly after we moved in came by a few times asking for sugar and milk for her coffee. I didn't mind obliging, til she came early in the morning while we were still in bed a few times and we didn't answer the door. This morning she was asking for $5 for cigarettes. I don't normally carry cash, so I apologized and explained I didn't have cash (thinking about it now as I'm typing I might actually have a few bucks....). I find this to be a difficult situation, because we want to be loving and helpful, but there is a reservation we have going on with giving things out. I know, doesn't sound very Christ-like. The reservation part, that is; especially because Tanya is an old woman. I guess we're just not sure what to do, and maybe the point is to not to really think about it but to just be loving.