Just RK

It’s been a rough week. Heck, in some ways it’s been a rough month. Few months.  I can’t so much elaborate, but it has definitely brought about the need for some important reminders… **It doesn’t matter what she thinks, it matters what HE thinks about me, and He thinks I am “wonderfully made.” Ps. 139:14 **When the love around me and hope for my future seem no longer sure, HE will not fail me. HIS love is unfailing.  Ps 33:22 ,   Jer 29:11 **My silent tears are not unnoticed. HE comes to my comfort.  Ps 145:19 And music is always the avenue that reaches me in the strongest way… “You are God, You are God, Of all else I’m letting go… I’m running to your arms, I’m running to your arms, The riches of YOUR love will always be enough.” --Hillsong “Forever Reign” “In the mirror all I see is who I don’t want to see, Remind me who I am… Tell me once again who I am to YOU… If I’m you’re beloved, can you help me believe it?” --Jason Gray “R...

Lately KiKi has been taking to all kinds of new creative endeavors… She’s been into painting, play-d*h, stickers, coloring, and fashion choices.  Most recently, she is all about the singing.  Maybe it’s that one show with that Seacr*st guy on it… she’s seen a few seasons of that now.  On Tuesday evening, she took to her “stage” (aka laundry basket upside down) and put on a little show.  I was impressed with her arrangement of the old classic.  Some nice inflection, making it her own.  Then she moved on to another favorite… Again, showing some interesting choices in musicality.  The whisper effect is nice.  The sudden southern accent is a little surprising.  The little “arm out then swing across the body for a bow” move is new as well. She rocks it.  She is NOT always this agreeable to being captured by the camera, so I’m glad to get these little shots. The other thing she has taken up, as in just yesterday, is taking p...

Not for another 6 1/2 hours, that is. But today has felt like a birthday in a few ways. We went down to Clayton for a grand opening of a new universal design/adaptive playground. The girls had a blast, we got some yummy and healthy lunch as a perk, and it is a Beeeeea-UUtiful day outside. Plus M got to schmooze with a few co-workers in a non-work environment. Always a good thing to show off your cute kids, I say. Thanks, M, it was a very nice outing! This afternoon the girls and I did some shopping at Costco, and they were so good. Both in the cart without melting down. And with Kinlee on very little nap energy. I count that a win. Then this afternoon my lovely sister Rachel came by to drop off my birthday present… A dozen gorgeous white roses, and two tickets…for the two of us…to go see Michael W. Smith with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra for his Christmas concert in December. AWESOME!!! My favorite Christmas album ever is Michael W. Smith’s Christmas . (Sadly, I don’t ...

Way back on 4/25, my sister-in-law Skye and I went to see Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman in concert. As most of you know, SCC is my favorite artist of any kind and any time. I've been to lots of his shows...I had a number, but now I can't remember. It's weird that Caleb, his son, is playing guitar in his band, and his son, Will Franklin, also plays drums with SCC now that he's graduated from high school. I remember when I saw a show in college and Will Franklin was turning 2 that day. Wow... that's forever ago, yet somehow I remember it well. And some of you will remember this and this from a year ago this week when SCC's daughter Maria was killed in their driveway accidentally when she was hit by the car her brother Will was driving. This week Mary Beth , Steven's wife and Maria's mother, wrote on her blog a few times about how they're walking through this month of both Maria's birthday and the anniversary of her death. My favori...

Tonight I went to a Steven Curtis Chapman concert with Bethany Dillon and Sanctus Real at the University of Illinois Assembly Hall. This is probably my 5th SCC concert in 16 years. He's my favorite all-time artist. It was an early birthday present from my husband. I knew every word of every song by SCC except for the ones from the album being released in a couple weeks. That makes it fun...when you can sing along and reminisce. He always does a montage/medley of his most popular songs and it's probably my favorite... I could listen to him go through all of his 45 #1 songs. Bethany and Sanctus Real were also quite good. I knew several of their songs as well, though some I didn't realize were theirs until the song began. I recommending browsing through the music clips on their sites... lots of good stuff. I thought it was especially cool that his 16-year-old son Will Franklin and his 18-year-old son Caleb Steven were in his band, playing the drums and guitar respectively. ...