Super Blood Donor!

So on thursday i gave blood at my school. I totally forgot about it so i didn't have my blood donor card. And for some reason i'm not in the system, even though i have a card. so now i'm going to have a new card to add to my collection. Type O pos, thats me. So my blood can save like 90% of people but i can only get blood from like 10% of the people. The odds aren't in my favor. Lets just hope i never have to get blood from anyone and if i do there are plenty of type O's around.

But i didn't write this blog to make me look good for giving blood. I wrote this so i could share a story, an experience i had there. When i sat down to get poked there was an elderly man next to me. He was just about done so i had to wait while the nurse had to do the finishing stuff. I was listening to their converstation b/c i had nothing else to listen to. The nurse handed the man his paper work and told him that he couldn't give blood for another six weeks. After the she said that, the man looked at her and said "that long!". then he asked if his blood was going to be sent to the armed services. i was sitting there and i was pleseantly suprised. it makes my heart smile to see someone complain about having to wait six weeks so that he could give his blood again. How cool is that! so maybe i'm the only one that thinks that.

Well, i'm going home for Easter. I'm excited. It will be good to hang with the fam. i know its only like 24 hours but i'm going to miss it here at VU. Its really hit me for some reason today that ill be home for good in a month. Now don't get me wrong, i don't have anything against being home. Its just this year i've really gotten so much closer to people. i don't want to leave them for 3 months. i tear up just thinking about. Breathe Caitlin breathe. I guess ill just have to make these last few weeks the best of my school year.

So...umm....bed is looking really good now! Have a great Easter!




My life in a nutshell: I'm really happy and why wouldn't i be. Amazing family. I have some amazing friends. And i serve an amazing God. What else do i need?

A Gossiper is a Murderer

Here's a little story that pretty good. I got this in an email as a foward. For once i actually read a forward and am very happy i did.

One day Jason White was driving through a small neighborhood when he happened on a toddler walking in the middle of the street. No one was around the child, so Jason panicked, thinking another car would run him over. He quickly stopped the car, turned on his emergency flashers, and ran for the child.
As he picked up the little boy, he began speaking softly to him. "It's okay, don't cry; don't cry." As Jason looked at the child, he recognized the boy as the son of a young couple he went to church with. He looked around and found a small home where the child likely came from.
Placing the toddler in his car, he pulled into the short driveway. Linda Johnson came to the door with a curious look on her face.
"Well, hello Jason, how did you know we lived here?" she asked.
"I didn't," he said, "but I found your son, and wanted to bring him home."
"Tyler?" she said, looking puzzled. "No, he's taking a nap in the living room."
"Well, as I was driving through the area I found him walking in the middle of the street. I stopped the car and carried him to safety; and I was hoping this is where you lived."
"Are you sure it's Tyler?" she asked, stepping out onto the porch. "Where is he?"
"He's in the car."
Linda walked toward the automobile and began sobbing when she saw her son sitting in the passenger seat.
"Oh my goodness," she said, picking the child up and pulling him close, “he could have been killed!”
"It's okay, he's fine." Jason said. "My only concern was to get him safely home."

Too many times we as Christians see someone in danger of sin, and speed right past, offering no help, just to get to the nearest telephone. "You'll never guess who I saw going into the downtown bar!"
What if Jason would have ignored the little boy and drove past him? Maybe he would have picked up his cell phone and called a fellow church member. "John, you'll never guess where I just saw the Johnson kid just now: playing in the middle of the street! No, I'm not kidding; why I had to swerve off the road to keep from hitting him, myself!"

When we gossip about someone, we leave them for dead. That, my friend, is a sin. A Christ-like heart would stop and make every attempt to get the person safely home. And I realize not everyone wants to be rescued or helped, yet that still gives none of us the right to gossip.

As Frank Clark once said, "Gossip needn't be false to be evil--there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around."

And for those of us who listen to gossip, we are just as bad and just as evil. When we give an ear to Gossip, we are just as much a gossiper as the person revealing it.
So from no on, when someone tells us, "This is not gossip, it's merely a prayer request," let them know how disappointed we are in knowing they did nothing to help the person they are gossiping about.
Remember, gossip can be a contributing factor to spiritual death. Not because of what the gossiper does; but because of what the gossiper does not do.




My life in a nutshell: thinking a little bit more about what I'm saying now!

Support and/or teach

So there have been a few things that have come up that i may not do or aprove up but people i love have done them. They are things that i just wouldn't have done myself. I'm not saying that my loved ones are evil or bad people. So how do i be supportive without encouraging them to do something that i would agree with? Where is the line drawn btw supporting them even if i don't agree and being mad at their actions? I mean i don't want to be all high and mighty b/c God knows that i'm definitly not, but i also don't want to pretend that it doesn't bother me. But you don't want to get too upset b/c you still want the people to come to you for help and guidence. Why does life have to be confusing and hard?!?! Oh well!



my life in a nutshell:Never forget that I love all of you and would do anything for any of you!

Cast your vote!

So we have school elections this week for President, VP and senate seats. I'm torn in who to vote for. One candiate is super qualified but a little sketchy person wise. Candiate #2 is semi-qualified but a great guy. Then we have cadiate #3 who in qualified at all, don't worry i will not be voting for candiate #3. So, the delima is to decided between qualifications and personality. How much a vote should be based on resume and how much should be based on personality? personally, i think personality should play a factor in the voting. How much of a factor i can't decide!?! i guess we shall see tomorrow when i vote. If you go to VU, tomorrow at the union 8-5!


And for all those Michael Essinay (yes i know i spelled that wrong) he is running for prez here. And no this is not an indorsement for him. And no i will not tell you which candiate i think he is.


my life in a nutshell: So much to do, so little time!