The Swans

Last summer I enjoyed feeding the Swan that stopped by our dock every once in awhile.  My husband actually fed it by hand, I got a little scared getting that close but it was pretty amazing.  This past Saturday I was looking out the window and there was the Swan swimming by with not one but TWO more swans.  I grabbed my camera, cell phone and bag of bread and ran down to the dock.  By the time I got there there were down the river a bit but when they saw me they literally turned around and came back, they must have remembered me!

Here they are swimming back to me!

The water around our dock is still frozen so they had to climb up on the ice to walk over to me.  You don't realize how big these swans are until they are walking toward you.  They definately had no fear of me but they closer they got I had a little bit of fear.  I was outnumbered, 3 of them and just me.  I was trying to feed them quickly, take pictures and call my husband to hurry and get home to see this! 

No zoom necessary this is how close they came up!



All 3 of them coming for their snack.



The ducks are back!

I was sitting in my living room yesterday checking out the view of the river which for the past few months has been pretty boring.  There's no activity out there, just snow.  With the milder weather the ice has started to melt and break down on the river and the ducks have returned.  They aren't too close to our property yet but I can see them swimming around out in the middle of the river.  It was my sign that spring is just around the corner which was so exciting! 

Oh Charlie

The Charlie Sheen drama that has been all over the TV the past couple weeks is entertaining to some and heart breaking to others.  I find it heartbreaking.  Sheen right now is like watching a speeding train just waiting to derail.  Some might think he has already derailed but I think the worst is yet to come. 

Sheen has struggled publically over the years with addiction.  But his behavior during interviews has been more and more disturbing.  I'm sure Charlie has enablers in his life when it comes to drugs and alcohol but I think the media are his enablers when it comes to his behavior.  And the crazier he acts the more popular he becomes. 

He joined twitter last week and had 100,000 followers before he even sent out his first tweet, he reaced a million followers in just days.  Two and Half Men was the most watched show on TV last week and it was a repeat.  So now his "fans" are his enablers because they are entertained by his antics.

Warner Brothers officically fired him from the show and he celebrated.  Not too many people celebrate about being unemployed but it just brings more attention to him. 

Sheen is a son and a father.  I'm afraid when this train derails Charlie's life will just be a memorial.  It's so sad to see someone so lost and out of control when God could change everything for him.

From pro-choice to pro-life

I just finished the book "Unplanned" by Abby Johnson.  For 8 years she worked with Planned Parenthood in Texas.  She had justified it to herself for years because of the other services Planned Parenthood provided and she believed their goal was to see the number of abortions descrease by informing women.  They did provide abortions because they believed if they didn't women would go somewhere else that was dangerous and unsafe.  Abby was very passionate about her role with Planned Parenthood, becoming the Director of her clinic in Bryan Texas.  She was a Christian, went to church on Sunday's, but kept what she did for a living private, again justifying to herself that she was helping women.  Pro-life advocates lined the fence of her clinic daily praying for the women that went through the doors, and praying for Abby that God would open her eyes.  He did just that when she was called in to assist with a ultrasound guided abortion.  She was asked to help with the ultra sound machine.  This day changed her life.  She saw first hand that this really is a baby who is moving and fighting to live.  That day she walked out of Planned Parenthood and crossed the fence literally and joined the pro-life movement.

Her decision became major headlines in the US and has opened a new door of opportunity for her to speak for pro-life.  Her life was totally changed and her story is amazing to read.  I definately recommend it!