A good quote for a PhD student!

"The only way around is through"
~ Robert Frost

Frisbee

Frisbee is the newest addition to our wee Roebuck household. She's part great dane and part chocolate lab and she's 14 months old. She came from a french family living near Montreal - they have four kids, including one year old twins. They only speak french, so right now Frisbee only understands french commands.


She's playful like a lab and calms down like a great dane. She sheds like a lab and has a big great dane head. She's got a sweet personality and is very obedient but she's still testing the limits. She likes to run around and around in circles and she has a bit of a smile.



We decided not to re-name her, but we're certainly having fun with Frisbee nicknames: Frizzy, Frizzberly, Fizz, the F-Bomb, the Frizzbinator... and so on.

Sweet Nothings

Ben and Maryann exchange some affectionate words:

Ben - "You're my shmoop."
Mary - "You're my poop...(awkward pause)... I didn't mean to say that. Nothing else came out."

I feel loved!
Ben

The House That Melissa Built

Melissa, Mark and Cole came to visit over Easter. Melissa made this lovely brownie house, just like the house we've bought, carport and all. We move in May 1st!

Quote of the Week

Pat and Ali to little Garrett McKinnon:

"If you say Ben and Mary ONE MORE TIME, you are going to be in serious trouble."

What an honour!

My God Heals

I heard the most incredible story this evening.

There is a young woman in Ottawa named Elizabeth who had a stroke some time last year. She was left paralyzed on one whole side of her body, and was admitted to a care facility. She told me that she was unable to move any part of that side of her body, and that she could not feel a thing.

She told me that in December a number of young adults from All Nations Church visited her to pray for Jesus to heal her. She said that as our friend Erin was praying and holding her hand, it began to shake. Elizabeth was amazed that her hand was moving on its own, since this was impossible. She knew that God was doing something.

The next day, Elizabeth was reading a magazine that was sitting on her lap in her wheelchair. The magazine slipped, and as it was falling to the ground she reached out and grabbed it...with the hand that had been paralyzed!! God had healed her completely!

Last weekend she stood before the church and told everyone her story. I had to write about it.

God is real, and He is bigger than any obstacle that we face. But most of all, He is full of love.

Ben

The tree fell into the theatre just before the elephant sat on the cat's house. All the little mutts and mice thought the walnuts were nice and the chocolate pudding was vanilla.

Ben