Learn something new everyday...

Today in my TDP class, (yes, even the one where I hardly learn anything), a group presented on deaf children in the regular classroom. I learned something I thought would be useful to all of you:

Never call a deaf person "Hearing Impaired". This is NOT PC, and is extremely offensive, as if they are broken. Always refer to them as "deaf" or "hard of hearing"...



Pass it along...

Lace

p.s. 1 month from today! But who's counting?? :)

April Showers Bring May Flowers!

The life of a bride is crazy. All wedding, all the time. But, this weekend was a blast! I had two wonderful showers, and just wanted to thank everyone for making them so great! Here are some pictures from the weekend...

Counting down the days...

Lace

Summer Reading Project

So one of my major goals for the summer is to read a bunch of books that I actually want to read, and that aren't required of me as a student. One of the worst things about being an English major is the fact that there is never enough time to read something for leisure, much less read what's required.

Book #1: The Emergent Manifesto

Really excited to start reading this. It's basically the beliefs of the emergent church, written by a ton of people including Brian McClaren, Tim Keel (pastor at Jacob's Well).

More to come...

Lace

Today I was verbally raped and murdered...

There's nothing like it in the whole world.

I walked into the discount grocery store, hoping to find some cheap produce, but found so much more. As I walked down the meat aisle, I felt 2 grown men following me. I could hear them whispering and what not.

Finally, I heard the, "hey baby, hey baby!" "hey blondie!" "you there in the shirt," "how bout you suck my dick."

Really nice. I swallowed by humanity and began walking away, again ingoring a terrible insult from a man who saw me as an object.

This has only happened to me in my life maybe 10 times, and all since I was about 17. And every single time, I swallow, say nothing, and walk away. I wish I had the guts to say something back, but every single time this happens, the words are too peircing to say anything. I realized today that the only thing worse than this is being raped or murdered.



Sorry for the let down.

MY CD IS OUT!!!

Yep, I have exciting news: My cd's have arrived! I am completely excited about them. They turned out great! If you pre-ordered a copy, make sure I get it to you soon! If you want one, let me know!

A goal of mine for a good two years now has finally been complete!

Thanks to everyone who helped out and made this possible for me as well! I love you all so much!

-Lacy Adair :)

The Best Book...

This is most definitely my favorite book. It's called Love Poems from God. Phil got it for me for my 20th birthday. Basically it has all these poems in it by people like Rumi, St. Francis of Assisi, Hafiz, St. Thomas, etc. And Daniel Ladinsky translated it all and put it together in this book. He has lots of other books out too: The Gift, I Heard God Laughing, The Subject Tonight is Love... and of course they are all fabulous as well...

Here's one of my favorites:

A Lover Who Wants His Lovers Near

He is

sweet that way,

coaxing the world to dance.

Look how the wind holds the trees in its hands

helping them to

sway.

Look how the sky takes the fields and the oceans

and our bodies in its arms, and moves

all being toward

His lips.

God must get hungry for us; why is He not also

a loves who wants His lovers

near?

Beauty

is my teacher

helping me to know He

cares for

me.

Welp, you should own that book...

Happy Friday!

Love,

Lace

Did you know???

I found out an interesting little fact over the weekend:

The reason we say "God Bless You" to someone after they sneeze, is because a long time ago, people thought that a sneeze was demonic! So if "God blesses you", the demon will leave your body!!!

Pretty interesting!!!


...Lace