STAYING GROUNDED

Eeyore and Me

Anyone who knows Tommy, my sweet husband, knows that he is Eeyore with a positive attitude!  He does normally have that little black rain cloud following him around but he takes it all in stride.  This was the case on July, Friday the 13th, 2012. 

I am going to try and make this a short story even though it isn't (my brother will appreciate the Readers Digest version)

His job had taken him to Houston Texas where his week had been less than glorious....disgruntled employees make for a disgruntled boss....nuff said!  Also, he was away from us and he hates that!  Go figure!!  He was to fly out at 11:30 am from Houston to Atlanta....not!!  Here a simple list of his roadblocks...
**  8:30 am  "Thank you for checking in 3 hours early sir but most likely your flight will be delayed due to the weather"
**  "May I have your Attention passengers.....your flight will be delayed due to weather in Dallas"  SHOCKER!!
**  "May I have your Attention passengers.....your flight to Atlanta will be delayed another 30 minutes due to weather in Dallas
**  3:40 pm...."May I have your Attention passengers...we will now be loading for the Atlanta flight."
**  "May I have your Attention passengers....there will be a slight delay in departure because the luggage is not balance"  SERIOUSLY!  At this point I, being the healthy girl I am, would volunteer to move my fat behind to the other side to balance things out.
**  "May I have your Attention passengers....please remain quiet for your preflight instruction and by the way....we will be delayed on the runway due to no flights being allowed to land in Atlanta...you guessed it..WEATHER!"
**  "May I have your Attention passengers...  the FAA will not allow us to keep you on the plane any longer so we will be returning to the gate.....we will be waiting for a gate assignment." TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
**  "May I have your Attention passengers....they tell us we may take off in 30 minutes so don't get off......we are just gonna open the door."  Thank goodness for some fresh air!
**  "May I have your Attention passengers...we have used our gas waiting so we are going to have to wait here for the fuel truck to come and refuel the plane.  Then we should be ready for take-off."
**  "May I have your Attention passengers....We have taken on too much fuel and now the plane is too heavy.  We will be waiting for the fuel truck to come back to us and unload some fuel."

People, I do not make this stuff up!  It was in GOD's plan for Tommy to stay grounded!  Not sure of the reason but I know he had one. 

The other day I ask my Mom what she thought about my Blog.  She had not mentioned a word about it but I knew she had read it because she creeps on our Facebooks, I know she does!  This was her response, "I think it makes you sound more educated than you really are."  I really was not sure how to respond to that.  When I told Tommy what she said he told me I was lucky to have a Mom who would always help me stay grounded no matter what. 

It is GOD's plan for us all to stay grounded.  Staying grounded is very important.  GOD's plan for us is not always our plan for ourselves and to have someone in your lives to remind you of that is priceless.  We should surround ourselves with people who genuinely love and care about our well being.  Ephesians 3:17-18 also reminds me that I should be one of those people who love, care and pray for the well being of people!  "And I pray that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ."

I was not offended by what she said.  It just took me by surprise.  She has always been my biggest fan in anything I have done....even when she thought it was stupid (never try to clean the house on roller skates....trust me).   But really....my biggest fan is Jesus Christ and his father GOD and anyone or anything he puts into my life to keep me grounded I should be thanking him for everyday.  Even if sometimes its not what I want.

**  8:30 pm  "May I have your Attention passengers....We are ready for take off.  Your flight should be arriving in Atlanta at approximately 11:30 pm.   We are not gonna do the preflight instructions again....if you can't remember...TOO BAD!!
**  11:30pm "May I have your Attention passengers....We have FINALLY landed in Atlanta, Georgia.  Thank you for flying United Airlines"