GCR Women

The storm that blew through town Friday evening toppled trees, damaged roofs, and blew everything around.  It's amazing that anything withstood the strong winds. Around town, huge trees were completely uprooted and fell across front yards, landing on the homeowners' roofs or that of their neighbors.  Store signs were bent and demolished.  Businesses had walls knocked down and apartments had roofs caved in.  Fences fell.  The damage was widespread. In our yard, three large branches came off our big live oak and one dead branch fell from the red oak nearby.  In the backyard, a few little branches broke off the pecan tree, mostly dead ones. A few years back, we had a long drought, and then, we had a bad ice storm around New Year's Day following that.  Remember?  Everything was coated with heavy ice. The poor trees, stressed by the drought, staggered under the weight of the ice and many limbs snapped like toothpicks.  We had workers help us haul off the debris and cut out

Right now, I have four games of Words With Friends going on.  It's a lot like Scrabble. The goal is to rack up the most points with the letters you use.  I've spelled words I didn't know existed.  I win some and I lose some. I'm competitive enough to want to win but compassionate enough not to want to beat my component too badly.  I sometimes wish they felt the same.  This kind of word game is fun and challenging.  My friends and I enjoy the back and forth nature of the game. Faith Words is kind of like that.  We find verses to set to memory and challenge each other to do the same.  At our annual celebration, we each feel a little competition with one another to know and say our verses, but the real joy comes from sharing the verses with each other and giving each other a little grace regarding the whole memory thing.  It's the back and forth nature of the sharing that brings us close. Who are you sharing words with?  Do your words bring you closer to others?