I love you...

Happy birthday to my best friend,

Pam.  I hope she has a wonderful

day.  This is what I am giving her:

(she doesn't read this, LOL)

When I got it I realised that the 

charms all bunched up together so

I asked my sister in law to make 

a couple of beads for it.  She makes

really beautiful glass beads.

This is another card from the new

set of patterns:

It reminds me of an upside down

heart.  I wonder what it would look

like if I turned it right side up, then

put the flower on top  of the

heart and eliminated the two top leaves.

Maybe I'll give that a try sometime.

So...I am taking a big step in faith.

I have felt like God is leading me to learn

sign language and I don't yet know why,

but if I don't learn receptive skills,

it's not a lot of use.  So I am going to go

to a workshop next month (I've never 

been to one before) that is NOT voice 

interpreted-that's scary for me!  I've

been told that they usually separate 

people if they know you know each

other.  Also, you  have to participate.

Which  may be a bit difficult for me if

I haven't been following what they

are talking about. I am trusting God on

this.  That's also scary for me because

I want to handle things and I just have

no control over the fact that I have 

virtually  no receptive skills.  I've been 

going to the deaf chats and I am a little

better but that's once a month.  I need

a deaf friend.  Anyone want to apply?

I need prayer.

Also, on Thursday is deaf, deaf world

at the university.  I'm excited.  The one

other time I went after only having one

year of sign I got 6's and 7's out of 10's.

At each "station" you have to sign

to the person there.  It can be a restaurant,

a bank, a real estate office, hospital,

etc.  you sign to them, they sign to you

and you are evaluated on your ability

to sign and understand.  Hopefully

I've gotten better in the last two years,

LOL!  I'm really looking forward to it.

Happy Monday!