What I Learned This Week
Posted by Shannon on Feb 17th, 2009
2009
Feb 17
It’s time for What I Learned This Week hosted by Jo-Lynne at Musings of a Housewife. This week I learned many lessons. Some lessons could be considered trivial, others left a mark.
- I learned was reminded of how cranky and emotional I get when I’m feeling sick. Not good!
- I learned that taking your 7 year old daughter to a PG movie doesn’t mean it won’t be scary. We went to see “Coraline” on Friday and it was pretty freaky. I thought Kiki might have nightmares but fortunately she slept peacefully. It was a good movie, just a little twisted.
- I learned that I am more scared than I thought to fly to Vegas in April (after these 2 recent plane incidents). I am seriously contemplating having my husband and I fly out on separate flights.
- I learned that we are not invincible and that there is no guarantee that we will live to see our kids grow old. A former classmate of mine died this past week of a heart attack at the age of 28, leaving behind a wife that is pregnant with their first child. Cherish every minute with your spouse, children, and loved ones because all too quickly it could be taken away.
- I learned that relationships are like a checking account consisting of deposits and withdrawals. A kind word or gesture is a deposit toward the relationship. Negative actions toward a person are withdrawals. And according to Father Tom, it is never too late for deposits. This was Sunday’s sermon and although it may seem a little corny, it is actually worth thinking about. My husband and I have been commenting since Sunday on whether or not our actions toward each other have been deposits or withdrawals. For example, yesterday morning I poured him a cup of coffee and took it upstairs to him while he was still in bed. That was a deposit. Now if I poured the cup of coffee on him as a means to get him out of bed that would be a withdrawal.
- And finally, I got the iphone on Saturday and I have learned that it is completely AWESOME!
February 17th, 2009 at 11:38 am
I am so sorry to hear about the death of your friend/former classmate. I can’t imagine being left without a husband that young and pregnant. God is merciful, compassionate, comforting and a father to the fatherless. Life is too short and I tell my children that we aren’t guaranteed another second on this earth…enjoy every moment and be ready when your time comes to meet the Lord.
I fully agree that our actions are either deposits or withdraws. The withdrawals seem to deduct more than the deposit can put in…power of life and death is in the tongue. Ouch! What a lesson to learn…thanks for reminding me too!
February 17th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Love the idea of relationships having deposits and withdrawals - a great analogy.
February 17th, 2009 at 3:50 pm
My husband lost a former classmate this month too, it is creapy - makes ya think.
February 17th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Live everyday as though you don’t have tomorrow to “make up.”
A friend of ours was driving his kids home from a ball game last fall and was hit head-on - his kids are ok but he was killed at the scene.
My husband had a stroke in the middle of the night…we went to bed with one life and woke up with a totally new one.
Love, love, love those around you. Don’t hold back.
February 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
I’m sorry to hear about your former classmate. You’re right; we need to live so we have no regrets.
I’ve heard the analogy about the withdrawals and deposits into relationships and I think it’s really true.
February 18th, 2009 at 12:25 am
I have heard the deposit and withdrawal analogy before. It’s a good reminder to hear it again.
So sorry to hear of your friend’s death.
I have a terrible fear of flying too. And my parents used to fly separately when my siblings and I were young.
February 18th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
It is SO scary to hear of people our age dying. Awful.
And I can’t WAIT to see your new iPhone.
February 19th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Deposits and withdrawls, that is perfect. I love it!
February 20th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
This post drew alot of attention to your classmate that lost his life at the age of 28, leaving behind a wife with a baby on the way. In your next “What I Learned This Week”, I think you may want to mention what else you learned as to why his wife is alone with a baby on the way. Dad
February 21st, 2009 at 11:30 am
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