Categories: life
Date: 13 November 2011 17:29:20
So, I've been digging around in places I've not been for quite a long while. It's what happens when long lost papers turn up, and when I'm amalgamating them with the ones I've always had. And, I am delighted to report it not only didn't hurt a bit, but a few monsters seem to have been dealt with most comprehensively in the process.
I gleefully added the original card I was sent, aged 16, with my National Insurance numbers with all my other official papers. It was reassuring to discover I have had it memorised correctly these last few decades.
Why my mum thought handing me my Health Clinic card from when I was a baby was the thing to do is a little beyond me. It confirmed, however, I was not far out when I said I was just over 5lbs at birth. (I was 5lb 8oz at three weeks old.)
My clarinet will be celebrating it's 30th birthday in a few weeks, according to it's original guarantee form. Saving up for it was a summer's worth of baby sitting I'd much rather not think about ever again, but the 30 years with my clarinet is well worth celebrating. I don't want another one, it suits me well. (But, if anyone were to offer me other members of the clarinet family, I wouldn't say "No", especially to an A clarinet. Or a bass one.)
I've smiled at the photos that have turned up. Proof positive I've not worn dresses since I was about 8, and just why I've refused to wear them is apparent. I was a very cute 3 year old, though, especially as a bridesmaid.
I found, as I was putting other orders of service away in the box file, the order of service from a particularly significant event of 1996. I couldn't quite make myself read the middle section, but I did sing the hymns, and read the readings to myself, and reminded myself of what matters now about the choices I made then.
Isaiah 55:6-11
Romans 12: 1-13
John 15: 1 - 17
Lord God your love has called us here
Be still for the presence of the Lord
I, the Lord of sea and sky.
I might not have made it to church this morning (I'm on my way as soon as I've done this), but being able to sing and read all those in one go, on top of the other rememberings, and remember where God is in it all was very, very good.