"And me in my bare feet." "I like you in your bare feet!" "Well, it puts a woman at a disadvantage..."
The old version of The Parent Trap--the one with Haley Mills and Maureen O'Hara--is on tonight, and it's gotten to one of my favorite scenes. It's toward the end where the father & mother are falling in love again. I remember watching it once with Mom. She surprised me by saying, "You know, I think this has to be one of the most romantic scenes in movie history." I had to agree with her though. It's so sweet and so terribly romantic.
A short while ago, one of my very well-informed friends notified all his Facebook friends (via status) of Accordion Awareness Month. However, when he first informed us of this, I believed he was speaking of May being Accordion Awareness Month. This made me quite downcast (in fact, I believe my words at the time amounted to "enraged!"), seeing as May was almost over. How could I properly celebrate this important occasion on such short notice?!
I was elated, however, when I received his reply that Accordion Awareness Month actually occurs in June. This was my reply: "I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that. Thank you for the reassurance. June will truly be a blessed month!"
But it got better. "How," you ask, "can it possibly get any better than that?" I know--trust me, I know. It seems beyond improvement. But trust me.
That very moment that I replied to him, as I notified my Mom about this joyful discovery, she told me that my pastor--yes, my very own pastor, Ken Crandall, knows how to play the accordion! With this knowledge, I was fully equipped to begin celebrating Accordion Awareness Month.
UPDATE:
I sent this post to Pastor Ken, and here was his entertaining reply:
not only do I play the accordion, i even have dreams about playing it once every ten years or so. the reoccurring dream is that i am about 9 years old and in my bedroom practicing for my usual half hour (which partially explains my incompetence, the other being that i have absolutely no music ability) and about half way through (that's 15 minutes) i take advantage of the open window to make my escape and go play underground pirates with my neighbor friends (we had dug tunnels under our backyard fences to connect in one cave like cavern in one of the neighbors yards!) well anyway, as I was exiting my bedroom, i fall and just keep falling. usually about that time i wake up in a cold sweat, thankful that i gave my accordion away years ago. however, this was not before i attempted to sell it and discovered that what my parents paid $1,000 for i could only now get maybe $25 for. talk about accordian depreciation. nevertheless, accordion appreciation month is still very meaningful to me because it eliminated one direction of life that i would not follow. no irish rock groups for me! so thanks for the memories and sweet dreams. pk
When I was four, I was coming home from Bible Study with my mom, and I asked her, "Mom, why does everything we do have Jesus in it?" She said, "Because before I came to know Jesus, my life wasn't worth anything." And it must've gotten me thinking, because shortly after that, I was riding in the car with dad, and asked if I could get to know Jesus too. So we pulled over and prayed together, and that's when I first met my Savior and Lord. I was a sinner, an enemy of God, and He sent His Son Jesus to die for my sin so that if I just believed, I would be set free from the penalty of sin--eternal separation from God, in hell. I am so thankful for all that God has done in my life. Since that point at age four, I have grown in my faith, realized it as my own, and have loved the Lord more and more. It is my prayer that you come to know Him too. Ask Him to take away your sin and make you a new person. This is the most important and wonderful decision you'll ever make!
