Pretty soon, we may need to get another car. In March, Ashley and Jordan will probably take a driver's ed course. Nathaniel has already finished it. He and his mother seem to have begun studying to take the test to get their drivers' licenses. We will have to pay more for insurance. My rates are as low as you can get. That will change. We may pay ten times as much as we are accustomed to paying, even with but one additional driver.
Down Syndrome People Going Extinct: This article is a tad ominous. Three Quotes:
1. The true moral test of a society is not how pretty, sober or well organized it is – but how it treats its most vulnerable, even its most difficult, citizens. And the true sign of grace in a man is his ability to look at something that is supposedly ugly, or just different from himself, and see beauty.
2. “The message being sent by the British National Screening Committee (NSC) is that the lives of 25 ‘healthy’ babies are worth more than the lives of 92 babies with Down’s Syndrome,” Scanlan added.
3. And implicit in all of this is the view that life isn’t truly valuable unless it is healthy, pain free and contributing to Gross National Product.
A Good Day:Today was a good day. I woke up, rebuilt the fire, walked Gideon.
* peeled apples and cooked eggs for David, washed dishes, started rice cooking, woke David up, took him to the dentist in Raleigh.
* dropped Jordan off at the seminary to practice piano for a few hours while we shopped in Raleigh
* shopped at ALDI after the dentist
* shopped at HanAhReum Korean Food Market
* found a sign shop and got information on purchase of old scraps of vinyl and mylar (for juggling club repair)
* Went to 84 Lumbar, assess their potential to supply our needs for tree houses and beekeeping.
* Went to Dick's Sporting Goods and bought David some winter mittens (10 smackers) and bought Ashley a set of horseshoes and stakes for 35 smackers
* Went to Trek Bike Shop on Falls of Neuse Road, and got the old Green bike tuned up, got new brakes and cable, for 14 smackers.
* Went back to pick up Jordan from seminary campus.
* juggled with Jordan in the seminary gym for one hour. David played with the exercise balls and aerobics step up bars.
* paid for fax at seminary to sell stock (from educational savings in Duke Energy for children)
* Drove home, unloaded car with Jordan.
* Eureka moment! :: found Ashley had cleaned the table, getting Christopher to help. discovered she had taught David and Christopher well while I was gone. Mamma and Nathaniel slept. Jordan, as per usual, studied alone all day. (Ashley teachers; whereas, Jordan checks on David and Christopher to remind them of the math homework, check what they did and assign them more.)
* discovered that Ashley had taught Christopher shading, and he had drawn (with her help) a lovely drawing of a long-furred dog with a bone in his mouth.
* Cleaned more dishes.
* Ate some of Ashey's egg salad and potato salad. Good food in spades. Very tasty.
* Rebuilt fire.
* Took Nathaniel to Small Group meeting (7 to 9 p.m.) We taught baduk at Small Group.
* Came Home and hauled in wood with Nathaniel
* Rebuilt fire
* Took Ashley jogging for three miles (she jogs; I ride bike). Rather cold up here in Granville County, maybe 20 degrees. Reflector vests, Cree head lamp and my sheepskin coat were needed. Ashley took off her winter jacket, overheated from her running energy output. I carried said winter coat on my bicycle. Was very comfortable, very, very happy. At sublime peace. Would not want to be doing anything else in the world. Good times.
* Must do Bible study, hymn singing and prayer now, then sleep. Tired.
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