The Titus 2:4 Project

Ever had a bad haircut?  I mean a BAD haircut.   I have.  As a woman, it can be emotionally devastating.   This haircut isn't that bad.  It's not my hairdresser's fault.  I pretty much got exactly what I asked for.   More or less.   It's a long story.   I wanted to embrace my natural color...which includes a great deal of gray and some other color I'm unfamiliar with.   My plan was to grow out my roots until I couldn't take it anymore then go shorter, removing as much of the fake blonde as I could.  Then my natural color would take over and I could grow my hair back out.  Easy. Peasy.   In theory.   The cut I was going for... In truth, here's what happened: I couldn't take the roots anymore.   Called my hairdresser.  Show her a picture of the adorable pixie haircut and told her my plan.    Her suggestion was to put some shades in my blonde to blend ...

Sorry about yesterday's post.  When I signed on this morning, there it sat in my draft folder. Hmmm.  I guess NO TECH TUESDAY must've applied to me as well.  :) Life lesson #7922: Little things can hurt real bad.  Have you ever gotten a splinter? Or a paper cut? Owwww!! How does something so small hurt so bad??  Yesterday evening, I was sitting on our deck (which needs sanded and stained, but that's for another day) with my best friend beside me, our feet dangling in the pool, enjoying the sunshine and good company. I started to get up (which seems to take more and more effort these days!) when a tiny splinter of wood stuck in the meaty pad of my little finger. Ouch!  I jerked my hand up to see what got me and couldn't believe the tiny speck of wood that was causing me such pain. I looked at my friend and started to speak and God said it before I could.  "Sometimes it's the smallest things that cause the most pain." One...