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A few years ago, i was in a ladies' meeting here in town, and a beautiful older lady, whom i cherish and treasure, and who is very hard of hearing, introduced me to some other ladies and told them that i was a botanist.   Ha! What i had told her was that i had talked to a botanist.  But it was a nice thought. The sadness is that one of the surest ways to kill a plant seems to be to give it to me.  I've actually managed to kill ivy in a jar of water before.  I can't even figure out how.   And yet, i aspire to learn to grow things in the ground.  I am constantly fascinated by the plants and trees and flowers around me.  I just can't help it.  I love plants.  And i yearn to learn to make them grow. ~~~~~ Before i got married, i thought i knew how to cook.  In fact, i thought i was a good cook.  And that was not untrue.  I knew how to do a good job with pretty much everything i was accustomed to and enjoyed eating on a daily basis.  The problem was

I was standing in the shower sometime last week or something when a song popped in my head. I am a promise! I am a possibility! I am a promise! With a capital P! I am a great big bundle of POTENTIALITY! And i am learning to hear God's voice, and i am trying to make the right choice. I am a possibility! Anything God wants me to be! If you didn't sing this song when you were a little girl (or boy), google "i am a promise song" for some fun you tube videos of children i don't know, singing it.  :)  Adorable. Are you ready for some sappy blogging?  Here it is. Today i turned 37.  I have not been looking forward to this birthday.  I have been passive aggressively NOT looking forward to it for a little while now.  It's like that number that tips me over the edge from being "in my thirties," to being "in my late thirties," which when i'm feeling a little discouraged about my age-to-goals-reached ratio, quickly turns into a big ba