Remember the Speech Meet? It was just the second meet that our son has competed in this event in, having only joined Speech & Debate this year. As we were walking back to the car when we went to get him, he was pleased to proclaim, "I broke semi-finals." Translated into non-SpeechTeam lingo, he was informing us that out of the 56 Impromptu speakers in the first five rounds, he made the top 16 and got to speak one more time to see who would make the final round. He did not "break finals" however, but a couple of his good buddies did place. We are proud of him for doing so well on just his second meet, and even more joyous that he had a super time with it all. Our school team placed second, not drastically behind the other high school in town, who has had a phenomenal Speech & Debate program for many years.
At church this morning, lovely bride was the pianist for the service, and all three of my family members sung in the choir during worship. It was a lovely anthem. You know what? Joyous strains of music exude from our home on a very regular basis; be it pure and melodious voices chiming out favorite musical show tunes, old familiar folk songs, or reverent hymns of praise; or the harmonious strums of guitar or sprite, chord-ful piano melodies, I sit back in peaceful reverie and bask in the glorious sound of song. Sometimes, I wish I possessed some of the innate musical talent of the others and could at least re-create a recognizable melody, but generally I accept my musically-challenged existence and am content to be simply the "Music Appreciater" of the family. What a true blessing, however, having a musical family is!
Late again. Kids are both in the room awaiting some joint "music listening" time on the computer, so I am signing off. Happy Thanksgiving this week. Pray your festivities are filled with many good gifts from God and a humble gratitude for all His providence. Bask in His generous grace and gifts. Catch you next time.
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