Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Call Home

Jan. 1, 2013 New Year’s Day

I was driving in the car with Kelsey the other day.  I pushed the SYNC button on my steering wheel and say, “Call home.”  Sometimes the SYNC system doesn’t hear me correctly so I have learned to enunciate more clearly and say more of a hard “H” sound when giving it the command to call home.  The response is, “There are two options.  Please say which line you want to choose” or something to that effect.  Kelsey giggles a little and I say, “Cancel” so I can try again.  I push the button again and said “Call home” a little more loudly and clearly and a little irritated.  The response is, “Tuning to Cosmo radio.”  Kelsey outright laughs and I glance at the screen to see the description of the Sirius station Cosmo.  It reads, “Love & Sex Show with Dr. Jenn Berman.”  Both frustrated and a little humored by the station I inadvertently called up, I start to push the button a third time when Kelsey pipes in, “I think it called up that station because you are putting too much emphasis on the ‘HO’.”  Hilarious!
I totally love her sense of humor.  It is a smart, clever humor that comes out at unexpected times.  Aron has the same humor.  People tend to say they have my sense of humor but I know just how funny Tim is so I can’t possibly take all the credit.
As I write this on New Year’s Day while I am avoiding preparing for the class I’m teaching in a short couple of weeks, I can’t help but wonder what is in store for the next year.  I’m really looking forward to it which is surprising given my recent funks and bad-itude.  In all honesty, when I think about the coming year, I feel a sense of excitement much like looking at a wrapped gift and wondering what is inside.  I’m looking forward with hope, anticipation, and a sense of gratitude.  God gave me my husband and two incredible kids, all who make me laugh, and so much more!  And, even more so, He gave me the gift of His son so that I can have eternal life.  SYNC may not get what I’m saying when I say, “Call home,” but God certainly does.

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