This Week at the Fords: I am not going to tell you that this week has been busy because in comparison going other weeks it really has not been all that bad: BUT the week has felt very hectic. The more frazzled it gets, the better. I shall enjoy Christmas in California all the more! We leave the 20th and return on the 6th and I cannot wait! Well, we got our Christmas tree this week and the kids love it. We have spent a few eveings gazing at the lights, singing Christmas songs and reading Advent selections of scripture. You should hear Jessika lift her voice in praises to God.
Illness of the week: Monika and Jessika had a Doctor's appointments this week. Jessi's assessment was to see who should assess her next month. Monika is healthy but has slimmed down from the 90th to the 50th percentile. I suspect it is from chasing Jessika around on her knees.
Word of the Week: " Amen!, " Jessika proudly proclaims now at the end of our prayer time. Although she bows her head and clasps her hands, she wiggles quite a bit if you pray more than a sentence. She will begin speaking in tongues if you go on in prayer for more than a few sentences. A friend reminded us that we needed an interpreter for Jessika to continue in her gift. Perhaps Monika will come through for us.
JIM'S CORNER
" Proudly Wearing the Trifilial Crown"
As the Psalmist has it, Blessed is the man whose quiver is full (of sons). Parenthood can be a joyous endeavor, offering ample rewards and plenty of excitement. But having three wonderful children is one thing, three DAUGHTERS another. People sometimes ask me, the father of three daughters, whether I wanted a son After all, they infer, who would continue to have so many girls unless they were seeking a boy? The other day I met a young man who sired four daughters! He was disappointed that he had no son to carry on the family name and, I presume, to make a sterling career in either athletics or politics. I could not help but pity the man for his self-inflicted hell.
carry on the four wonderful girls? What about these four wonderful girls?
Well, let me set the record straight: I wanted girls, and nothing but girls! I have nothing against a boy, mind you. In fact, if we had a boy, I'm sure I would love him like my own son. True, when I wore a younger man's shoes I never set out to have children, yet, I was always fascinated with the father-daughter relationship, and preferred daughters to sons should I find myself a parent. I concede that I was taken aback with parenthood in the beginning. I didn't know what to do. I was unprepared, for no Brady Bunch episode ever dealt with this issue.
Introducing the " IKAS ":
(1) Erika Kristiana, also known or referred to in the past as "the Reeker," "Cholerika" and, in German circles, "Erika von Amerika," has her mother's sanguine disposition and artistic creativity. Born in the Great Cheese State, California, Erika is as beautiful as heather, or Erika in German, a popular flower in Bavaria. Her favorite color is pink. She enjoys playing with her dad and drawing beautiful pictures.
(2) Jessi, born Jessika Lynn Ford and often referred to as "the Jesser" or "the Monster," has unfortunately inherited my dreadful melancholy. However, she possesses a cornucopia of spunk and keep things lively, always making us laugh. Everyone knows, of course, the role avuncular curse: One daughter in every family (with more than one daughter) is appointed to have the features of an uncle Indeed, Jessi looks like my younger brother Rob. But she resembles mostly my deceased sister Laura Lynn She enjoys Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh, and, oh yes, Winnie Pooh. She has also taken a liking to the toy M - 16 machine gun I bought her for her birthday.
(3) Monika Katherine, fondly dubbed "the Munch" because of her eating habits, and the "Moner" because of her seemingly endless crying, is the only mother of St. Augustine; and Katherine Zell, a sixteenth - century Protestant reformer. She is also called "Jimina," as her physical characteristics take after my father - in - law, Jim, and me, Jim. She loves to play with the phone. Perhaps she will grow up and become a telephone solicitor to make her parents proud.
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