Question of the Day

Since it is limited to five, I'm going to exclude my children and extended family because I try to show them daily that they are special. There's no need to invite Jesus because the bible says that where two or three are gathered together in His name, He is there amoung them. I will invite my husband, my friend Kim and her husband, and two homeless people. Why? There's no need to explain why I'd invite Billy. Kim and her husband have been there for me and my family through the years and I can never thank them enough. The homeless people are because we are all only two pay checks away from being homeless. They are a constant reminder that it's only by the grace of God that I am not out there with them.  Who would you invite?

I like you would not invite God or Christ as they are ever present in my life and their presence would be a given.  My family is very important, but I would interpret this to be people who did not know that they were important to me...so I would include Leonard DeLonga, an artist and an early influence on me, Mrs. E.I  Wood, my music teacher, Vera Mangum, my Campfire Director, Dr. Howard Scott, my pastor, and Brother Hall, a farmer and lay minister.  Those people are the ones that had the most influence on my development outside of my family.  There actually would have to be another table somewhere that honored the people who were a negative influence on me, as they taught me who I didn't want to be.  But I would want to honor them, because knowing what or who you don't want to be is as important as the positive influences. 

I LOVE these thought provoking questions... Since it could be ANYBODY-dead or alive- I would invite the following. My stepfather- I miss him SO MUCH. He was the wisest man I have ever know and was one of my best friends!!!  He passed away almost four years ago. I loved jus****ching him discovery and share his intelligence. Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta- I would love to just sit and listen to her talk. Simply! Fred Rogers- I LOVED Mr. Rogers as a child and I love the fact that to this day, he still teaches simple, loving lessons to my children through his tv shows. I miss him. Peter McWilliams- writer.  I love his books.  He passed away from AIDS and Cancer several years ago. He was a controversial person but I guess that is why I liked him so. Carl Jung-Just because!  My runner ups would be in this order... Ronald Reagan, St. Francis of Assisi, Carl Rogers, Murray Bowen and Pope John Paul II. I don't mention God or Jesus for the same reasons Karla mentioned.  God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are with me, in me, a part of me, around me, and where two or more are gathered... The only person I mention that I am/was related to is my stepfather.  I mentioned him because I would love to jus****ch him communicating with the men and woman I listed.  All of my other relatives-my aunts, grandfathers, grandmother, father, and others are not mentioned because in a way, I feel I have a part of them with me at all times.  In my heart and in my memory, I carry them with me so I guess they would already be there. Great Question- Karla!!!

First would have to be my 2 boys, they are my heart and soul.   Then I would have to invite: My Step-Mom that raised me, God rest her soul.  I miss her so much.  As a child I thought was my "birth" mother unitl I found out differently in 1983.  I still love her so much. My Momma....she died in 2004 from medication taken for her diabetes.  I only had a few years to spend with her.  I located her in 1995, met her in 1996, moved her in with me in 1997 and moved far away from her in 2000 (like an idiot), she died in March 2004.  I should have been a  better daughter to her.  I loved her but we weren't that close, I regret that now so much. Last of all, one of my very best friends that commited suicide, Chuck Watson.  We dates when we were in school, then I moved away and remained best of friends.  He got married, had a daughter then shortly afterward found out his wife was cheating on him.  She took the baby and left him.  He got strung out on Cocaine and booze.  While sitting in his livingroom he pulled the trigger to his riffle and ended his pain.

Here are my 5: 1.  My Grandmother Jewel 2.  My Great Grandmother Bo 3.  My Mother 4.  My oldest Daughter Olivia 5.  My youngest Dauther Jessie This would be a special dinner for the more "seasoned" ladies to share with us younger ladies.  As said before, where 2 or more gather, God is.  The first 2 on my list are deceased.   Oh, I have a TON of questions I could ask my Grandmother as well as Bo! Great question Karla!