Celebrating the anniversary of the eternal victory of Grandpa

Three years ago yesterday my Grandpa died. Three years ago Sunday was the thing at the funeral home when he was in the casket, and three years ago Monday was the funeral.

Why should cross and trial grieve me?
Christ is near
With His cheer;
Never will He leave me.
Who can rob me of the heaven
That God's Son
For my own
To my faith hath given?

Though a heavy cross I'm bearing
And my heart
Feels the smart,
Shall I be despairing?
God, my Helper, who doth send it,
Well doth know
All my woe
And how best to end it.

God oft gives me days of gladness;
Shall I grieve
If He give
Seasons, too, of sadness?
God is good and tempers ever
All my ill,
And He will
Wholly leave me never.

Hopeful, cheerful, and undaunted
Ev'rywhere
They appear
Who in Christ are planted.
Death itself cannot appal them,
They rejoice
When the voice
Of their Lord doth call them.

Death cannot destroy forever;
From our fears,
Cares, and tears
It will us deliver.
It will close life's mournful story,
Make a way
That we may
Enter heavenly glory.

What is all this life possesses?
But a hand
Full of sand
That the heart distresses.
Noble gifts that pall me never
Christ, our Lord,
Will accord
To His saints forever.

Lord, my Shepherd, take me to Thee.
Thou art mine;
I was Thine,
Even ere I know Thee.
I am Thine, for Thou hast bought me;
Lost I stood,
But Thy blood
Free salvation brought me.

Thou art mine; I love and own Thee.
Light of Joy,
Ne'er shall I
From my heart dethrone Thee.
Savior, let me soon behold Thee
Face to face –
May Thy grace
Evermore enfold me!

brha or itdy, + DEUTSCHDEUTSCHDEUTSCH!!

Do you have any idea what this is about?

1. Saranita Kay, my neice (yippeeeee!), or Sita, has turned, today, at 5:03 AM, Six Months Old!! Which is Awesome!!!!! (in the title, those are half-birthdays)
   
2. (doesn't seem *so* special anymore, next to thoughts of Sita) The Rhein Family isn't going on their usual vacation this year--we're going to Germany! We're driving to Chicago and catching a plane on April 30th, and it'll land in Frankfurt after - ugh - ten hours. And we're coming back the same way on May 19th. My blog will be vacant during that time, i believe. Ooh, and our flights - They're on Air India. Weird, huh?
   

E-vile news

I got new shoes. They're red. And size eleven in USA. Did you know that in EUR (according to my shoes) that would be size forty-four? That's huge. Yeah, my feet are officially huge. We went to this big shoe store. It looks like a warehouse. And we could hardly find any shoes in my size, and none bigger. But then we went to Payless, where i got two pairs of shoes (the red ones and white summer church sandals), and Mom got two pairs of shoes, and Nat got a pair of shoes, and the next day. my Dad went and bought a pair of shoes there. But back to my shoes. They're nice, practical yet perty. Mary Jane style.

Dum-dum-DUUUUM!

(not referring to me)

… Dies: A Series Of Fortunate Events

The price just went up, so in person it's $2.00, $2.50 for signed editions. You can order one to be mailed, but it costs another 50 cents. For shipping and handling. It's possible to do this through conferences.

And the reason the title says '…' instead of 'Bob' is……………
I'm introducing you to the fact that i'm writing more! Yes, now that Bob's died, i'm killing Paul. Yes, i've actually started. Next, Ethan. Then Nick (at my church), Erik (Anan's oldest younger brother), Aaron, Nat. This list is subject to change. Whatever happens, i want Nat to be last. 'Cause. Any comments/suggestions?

I don't even want to call it a church!

We (my Mom's piano students, including me) did a recital not too long ago in a church of one of her students (two actually, but they're siblings), and it was terrible! They didn't even have an alter! *Mrs.* Piano-Prodigy's-Mother is the who gets on the *stage* on Sunday morning, and they have a guitarist, and a pianist (on a reeeeeeally nice piano), and a drummer… dfsghkjlksj;rqf bn yuck.

My two minds

It seems (as the title suggests) that i am often of (at least) two minds. Usually, the one mind is going and being the immature clueless annoying young'un while the other one is foreseeing these dumb things, shaking her head, and rolling her eyes. I wish she would come out more often. Hey, it's late. Woah. Ooh - yeah. go look at Bob dieing, it's in the archives somewhere. And this is great. A little old, but at least i put it up at all. I hope it works on the slower computers. Oops. I should've gone to a new paragraph. Oh whatever. ER. erererererer er er erer er goodnight.

Happy day after Nick's birthday!

Yeah, have a good one! I probably should've done this yesterday. Oops. Oh well. And happy day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after day after my birthday. I think. No, i didn't type all of those. I should probably delete that sentance. It's just annoying. That's over six months' worth of days, by the way. But i did post on or close to on my birthday. Just hop down to the archives and look. Yeah right. Probably not. Like i should probably delete that sentance. I just might not. And happy day after International Tiara Day, if you're still reading. I hope you're not, you poor thing.

That name of mine!

I'm making a list of all (or most) of my names/titles. Because i'm bored. I think i might need help. Do you like the new template settings or whatever? I do.

:

1. Margaret
2. Maggie
3. Margaret Ann
4. Magpie
5. Meg
6. Maggie-Margaret-Ann-Magpie-Meg-[last name here]
7. Magnet
8. Magrat
9. Magsplat
10. Dat One Splatted Mag
11. The Marvelous Magical Magnetic Maggie
12. Queen Maggie
13. Slave
14. Tante Maggie
15. Huggable Margaret
16. Most-Knowing-Maggie
17. Maggers
18. Monkey
19. Muggie
20. Mongie
21. Grand Duchess Maggie the Scattered of Ofsted in the Bucket
22. Mags the Wog
23. Smarck the Wog
24. don't Smarck the Wog
25. Anna [my last name] Poirot ('cause nobody can pronounce them correctly)
26. AnnaMaggie
27. Benjamin(he's five)'s ex-girlfriend (or so he claims; it used to be without the prefix)
28. Smiley Admirer
29. AOB mocker
30. Gryta Jane Magdalene E.
31. Mr. Peanut the RADICAL
32. Leper
33. Surgeon
34. Your Female Siblingal Unit in CHRIST
35. Proud MHer
36. Peep Killer
37. Homeschooled Lutheran
38. Spaghetti Sister
39. Pokey of The Peach Slaves
40. Oh Twisted One
41. CrazyVogelHaver
42. E-vile Sith
43. Chicken
44. Holly
45. String Bean
46. Lezah
47. Stunlezah
48. Not Matthew
49. Snow Princesse
50. Egyptian Doughnut Owl
51. CrazyArmadillo
52. Gazelle
53. Edna
54. Ida
55. Chicken Caprice
56. Shiny One
57. Ethel
58. Baggy
59. Mage Rin
60. Mackie
61. Maggie-Mag
    

Not all of these i remembered on my own. Credit goes to Anna, M, and M's sister.