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WEEKENDING IN ORANGE COUNTY

I’ve been vacuuming, shoveling toys, setting up the pup tent for Maddy’s friend Andrew’s visit this afternoon, doing laundry, making a grocery list, preparing to battle sleet and snow this weekend . . .

. . . while our teenage daughter Eden is winging her way to sunny Orange County, California. She will be playing softball this weekend at a glamorous L.A. tournament in front of college coaches and other Southern California swells.

MAN! What’s wrong with this picture?

Actually, it’s a great opportunity. She’s traveling with a beloved summer teammate of hers and her dad. She will substitute for a fancy “Gold” team that features the daughter of the fabulous actor Al Pacino. Immediately, I exclaimed, “HOO HAH!!!!” from one of my favorite movies, Scent of a Woman.

My fondest hope is that he’ll be there and will give her his autograph to give to me – sight unseen – or scent unsniffed, as the case may be.

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Prayer request: Safe travel for Eden . . . and on a much more serious note, Lord, we pray that You will lift the hearts of the family of a young woman in another state who recently had a baby and wound up with complications and emergency brain surgery at the Mayo Clinic. She’s connecting at a 10-year-old level. Not only that, but her husband had a severe seizure last week and was rushed to the hospital. Their children are 7, 2 and 7 months. Savior Lord, we ask for healing for both of these young parents, and that You will light the way for this family to pull together and get through this extremely difficult situation. (Proverbs 14:26)