Remember Playing Games In Elementary School

Note: Thursday, 30 July 2009

• Remember Playing Games In Elementary School

  I had to think on this question:
  
  What kind of games do you remember playing on elementary school?
  Back in the days of Mark Twain Elementary School, I recall in kidengarden playing on the jungle gym. Of coarse we played with blocks. We played house.
  
  As the grades came to be, I recall
  Hopscotch , Jump rope, Bing bag toss, Red Rover,Dodge ball-- The group was in a circle. We would throw a ball at the person to get them out of the game. Kick ball, Baseball...
  
  Red light Green Light, London Bridges, Jumping on the tripolean, Freeze Tag, Tug of War, Barbarian---There would be two sides. Divided by a line. We would throw the ball at a person to get them out of the game. On My Journey Of TransformationRemembering Playing Games In Elementary School
  
  I didn't have a favorite game.
  I like to play.
  
  The Chronicles of Susan

My Farthest Memories

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

• My Farthest Memories

  I have been thinking...
  How Far Back Can I Remember?
  I can remember the time before I started going to school. My mother was on the telephone talking with someone. I heard my mother talking about enrolling me in to KG. I went in the afternoon.
  
  I even remember walking to and from school with some of my siblings. It was along walk. We did have buses in those days. We lived about 9 blocks from Mark Twain Elementary School.
  
  I recall playing with blocks in our play area in our classroom. I recall looking out the window onto the playground. I remember the swing set, the monkey bars and jungle gym. I recall the white and yellow circles and squares... drawings on the playground.
  
  I recall the double doors in our classroom to come in our room. We even had a back door to go out to the playground. We had our own private bathroom in the back of our classroom. I thought that that was cool.
  
  I recall that parents came to see their children. My parents did come. It must to have been Parents' Day. The parents came to see our classroom. And to look at what we did.
  
  I recall laying down taking naps on a mat in our classroom. Then one day I was sick and missed school. I heard that Santa came to class that day.
  
  So I missed Santa. I was not too disappointed. I knew who Santa was. Some of my siblings told me.
  
  I recall reading about Sally, Dick, Jane and their dog named Spot. I recall that I was called upon to answer a question from one of our readings. I cannot recall which girl it was but Dick took and hid Jane's or Sally's ribbon. Our teacher, Miss Wise ask me What would Jane or Sally do about Dick taking the ribbon?
  
  Here was my response to the question: I said, She would beat him up! The kids laughed at my answer. Miss Wise said that Dick would not do that. Miss Wise said that Jane or Sally would ask Dick to gave the back ribbon.
  I felt "dumb" and "stupid" about my answer. I did not talk much. I was quiet. Yes, I was shy.
  
  I recall hearing about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Assassination. I remember that famous black and white photo. I wondered what those guys where pointing at.
  
  I recall bringing candy to my classmates. It was my birthday four days after Dr. MLK Jr's Assassination. I even remember that I felt strange giving candy to my classmates during a time like that.
  
  I recall seeing the men on the moon on TV. U.S. President Richard Nixon on TV during in his first term in office.
  I remember relatives coming over to our Family House. People would be playing cards and talking. I recall that we had a hope chest in one of our rooms. It reminded me of a coffin.
  
  I recall one day that the Hope chest opened up. I saw the lid was close. I ran when I saw the lid opening. I did not like being around coffins when I was a kid.
  
  I recall watching TV shows; The Riffle Man. Other TV programs that some of my siblings would watch.
  
  I recall one of my brothers hanging up my bicycle our swing set. He did this in our back yard and left it there. I was crying. ( I was teased a lot.)
  
  I recall our Family Dog biting me in the stomach. Here is a section that I posted about "Dogs In The Family and Neighbor Dogs":
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  The First dog that I can remember in my family was "Fido".  I don't know what breed of dog "Fido" was. What I remember about "Fido", he was iffy iffy.
  
  He would be good to us. He was a happy dog. And at times turn on us. "Fido" would attack people if he though we were in danger.
  
  Then again, there was a time when I was out in the back yard helping my Father clean up. I bent over to pick up something. All of a sudden "Fido" came running out of his house and charged at me bitting my stomach. Boy I was scared. I cried...
  Yes,"Fido" was something else. He liked to bit. He loved chasing cars tires. Well, one day our Father was going on his trash route. "Fido" broke loose and went chasing after the truck. This time "Fido" got ran over.
  
  My Father buried "Fido" in our backyard. I was there looking on. Even though "Fido"was a crazy dog, I still like dogs.
  I recall some of the games that we played in the house. We played marbles and jacks. We played with "army men". We made paper air planes and toss them in the air.
  
  We played race cars with the orange tracks that made loops and turns. We built houses out of playing cards. We stood dominos upright until we tapped one letting them fall one by one. (We played cards and dominos too.)
  
  I recall when our Dad and my brothers enlarged our basement. There was a lot of dirt to dig out. I remember one time there was some things outside the window. Someone one had an idea to lift me up to the window so I could get it. Yeah, I was small enough to go through our basement window.
  
  On my journey of transformation
  As I reflected back on my memories of the past, I found out as I was typing this blog, more things came to me. I added more detail. O the memories of what once was.
  
  I had a thought. As the years go by, I lose some things of the past. So I challenged myself to this was a  simple exercise. I put some thought into what I did.
  
  So I thought of How Far Back Can I Remember? It was as though I took a journey in time's past. I had more memories than I thought.
  
  It is good at times to recall the good things of the past. My memory goes back to 40 or 41 years ago.  I think that that is good.
  
  From my Book of Thanks and Blessings
  Father God, I thank You that You blessed with a memory. I thank You for what I can remember things of the past. I thank You for the idea that came to me, to write things down for future generations.
  
  I thank You for all the PROVISION that I have had in my life time. I thank You the FAITH that is in planted in me. I thank You for the SIGNS and WONDERS that I have witness in my days.
  
  I thank You for the LOVE that surrounded me as I was growing up. I thank You that Your HEALING Hands guard my life. I thank You that DELIVERANCE that is in my life.
  
  I thank You for the Door of HOPE that has been in my life. I thank You that well before I was born, You choose me to have the choice of SALVATION in Jesus' name Amen.

Thinking About Some Things

Note; Wednesday, 18 February 2009

• Thinking About Some Things

  Here are some things that have been thinking about. I hope that you are doing OK! May God guide us in what is to come. Peace to all.
  
  There are things in life that comes suddenly. Things that we can't change. Yet, we have to go through with what has come upon us.
  
  We are in an economic crisis. Things in life have changed and are changing. People are losing their jobs, their homes confidence, trust and whatever. In some shape or form we are all affected by what is going on in our society.
  
  What are we suppose to be doing? How can we make a difference in such a time as this? Where do we turn? Where do we go?
  
  There is another hope. That hope can be found in God. He's the alterative in what we are going through in life. When the stock markets crashes, our hope should be in God. When things are not going the way we think, our hope should be in God.
  
  It's a scary feeling not knowing. Things in life hits a downfall in our lives. One day we are doing well. Then of all a sudden things happens. Things in our lives change. What do we do?
  
  I see things changing in my life. There have been some changes early this year. I am having to readjust to some things. God is with us. We wilily get to the other side.
  
  I believe that whatever is coming, there is a way that God will see us all through. We may not know what to do, but there is a solution to get through what we are in. We have to have somewhere to turn to.
  
  I notice that I have been praying more now days. I don't know why I pray a lot. It's like my life is a prayer. I tend to be God focused in things that come my way.
  
  I hear things about people. What's going on in their lives. It makes me wonder. How they must be troubled in what they are going  through. Maybe that's why I pray a lot.
  
  Then I see my own issues of life. How can I be a solution to another problem in life? We all have issues in life. Crisis will come. We have to face them and deal with them some how.
  
  I think it's a time for us to pray and stand in the gap for others. There is judgement upon the earth. God is shaking things that will be shaken.
  
  May we as a people turn to God more in what we go through. I pray that we are awaken from our sleep. May we see that Jesus is our salvation.
  
  We can't live life in a way that we are not responding to what is going on around us. May we have wisdom to react. We need shelter, We need God to intervene in what is going on.
  
  The government or whatever system that the world leans on can't last forever. At some point, things will fall. Things have to have a new beginning. We have to recover. But how?
  
  Is there a solution to what we are facing in life? Does God have the answer to what we are going through? O believer so. God be the solution.
  
  May we see that we need healing in our world and nation. May we repent and turn to God. May we see the goodness and mercy that God has for us.
  
  Father God,
  I come before You. I repent of the of our nation, our forefathers, my family and myself. I ask for forgiveness. Things that have been pass down to generations to generations. Help us see that we need You more and more.
  
  Turn us away from our way of doing things. Teach us to sacrifice . Help us to believe and trust in You. Grant us wisdom and favor to do what You have called us to do as Your people.
  
  Intervene in our lives. Show us Your salvation. We need You. We are Your children. You are in covenant with us. Lead us through that is and is to come.
  
  Things are lining up on Your time table. Line us up into the way that we should go. Direct our steps to be where we should be. See us through the path that is set before us.
  
  Many are lead astray from Your house. There is worry and in fear across the land. Guide us to the sacred place where You dwell. Bring people back from their captivity of the land that they are in.
  
  Allow Your mercy be upon us, O God. Shed Your grace on us. Help us through the dark hours and troubled times to come. Lead us into dancing and praising Your name. Put new songs in our hearts.
  
  I praise You, O LORD for all that You have been doing for us. I thank You that You are watching out for us. You have things in control.
  
  May we be that vessels that You want us to be. May we see the things You want to be in Your Name Jesus, we pray Amen.
  
  On My Journey of Transformation:Thinking About Some Things
  ~Susan~
  
  Why should I fear in the days of evil, When the iniquity at my heels surrounds me? Psalm 49:5
  
  The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook. Proverbs 18:4

Project: Photos ~ In Order

Notes: Wednesday, 11 July 2012

• Project: Photos ~ In Order

  I've been trying to get my photos in order. It's a time consuming process. As I'm looking at some of the photos, I'm seeing a lot of history through the years.
  
  At times I just took photos of just about everything from family pets, houses, vehicles, landscape, and of people. I think that there are stories behind each photo. Only if we remember to record them. And write the dates on the photos.
  
  I don't know how many photos I have with out dates on them.  Back in the days we took the photos and taking to the store to get them in print. The dates were some times on the back of the photos.
  
  Now days, with digital cameras things have changed. But I think if I look close effect I can find a date when I took the photos. I need to check that out.
  
  It's so fun to took pictures. Some how over the years, I haven't taken a lot of photos. I have of myself. But not of others or of animals and so forth.
  
  I sure get back in the swings of things. I'm recording my family history. As the old saying, a picture can say a thousand things.  We can read some much by looking at pictures.
  
  I hope to get some of my photos in order. I think if I do a little at a time. I can accomplish some things.
  
  I've been ask by some family members to do a "Me" Book. That's what I call it. It's a book of a person's life.
  
  I have one of myself. It's composed of photos in my younger days, teens, twenties and so on. I think it a good idea to have photos of people.
  I think I can get my photos in some kind of order. In due time, I will. But, first I got to get started some where.
  
  May we have fun taking photos.
  May we not lose heart in picture taking.
  May we create stories by using photos.
  May God grant us creative ideas to take pictures.
  Amen.
  
  Thanks for reading.
  Susan
  
  Scripture:
  So spacious is [Christ], so roomy, that everything of God finds its proper place in him without crowding. Not only that, but all the broken and dislocate pieces of the universe- people and things, animals and atoms - get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies.
  
  Colossians 1:19-20 MSG

Was it 3 Days & 3 Nights?

Note: Sunday, 05 July 2009

• Was it 3 Days & 3 Nights?

  I was thinking about what one of my friends asked me. How was it 3 days and 3 nights when Jesus was in the grave? He was crucified and died on Good Friday. He was buried before sundown.
  
  His body was in the tomb all day and night on Holy Saturday. And was there on Sunday morning some time. That is not 3 days and 3 nights.
  
  My friend sought to find the answer. What my friend found out from someone that Jesus was in the grave for about 36 hours. The 3 days and 3 nights is a question.
  
  I was thinking. Recall the story of the man who hired men to work in his vineyard? He paid every one the same wages. The ones who worked only 1 hour got paid just the same as the ones who worked much more than they did.
  
  By the way in the New Living Translation:
  The next section listed Jesus Again Predicts His Death
  
  In that section Matthew 20: 19
  "Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, whipped, and crucified. But on the third day he will be raised from the dead."
  
  I thought about this.
  Jesus was in the tomb on Friday. That is a day for Friday. Then Saturday is One day. So Sunday is the 3rd Day. Even though it was not a 24 hour period or a sunrise to sunset day, there were 3 days involved in this event.
  
  Jesus' body was in the grave some of Good Friday. His body was there all day on Holy Saturday. As for Sunday His body was there before the sun came up.
  
  This was just a thought.
  I don't what to explain away the logic of the 3 days and 3 night theory. I know that we should take some things in the Bible as what it is. The Bible is the word of God. The authors were inspired to write what they wrote.
  
  Do you believe that a whale swallowed Jonah? Did that donkey really talk to that guy? Did Moses really split the Red Sea? There are a lot of things that we can question in the Bible. It's have we perceive and believe things.
  
  The stories and events in the Bible were written for a purpose. It's good to picture some of the things in Bible to see the meaning of what what. The people in the Bible were real human beings.
  
  Lord,
  Help us to read the Bible with getting some thing out of what we read. May the Holy Spirit bring revelation to us as we read the Bible. May we understand that we can't know every thing that there is. Amen.
  
  On The Journey Of Transformation
  Was It 3 Days And 3 Nights?
  
  Let's leave room for mystery.
  
  Enjoying Life,
  The Chronicles of Susan
  
  Psalm 36:10 NLT
  Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts.
  
  Note: I posted this on facebook some time ago.