Another point to ponder... you cannot see a rainbow unless the sun is behind you. A rainbow represents God promise not to destory mankind by flood again.

I will stretch it just a bit so forgive me. If the Son is behind you then you can see the promises.

When someone is behind you they are backing, supporting and/or upholding.

those are cool thoughts, now i have to go pick up the extra skin off my floor

I am sure y'all have figured out I like trivia and facts. During one of my searching and clicking around online I came across this from Google Answers

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> From: capitald-ga on 30 Oct 2004 22:03 PDT

Hi there,

The field that covers this kind of thing is social psychology.

To make a summary of the research here is a list of the things that
make people like you:

1. Empathy: Your ability to read the other person
2. Similarity: People like people who are similar to themselves
3. Liking: The fact that they think you like them will make them like you

The first is empathy - which is your ability to relate to another
person is feeling. There is actually some research that shows that
your ability to read another person accurately is correlated to how
socially popular you are.

As an example: it is important when dealing with people to 'match'
whatever mood they may be in - being excited when talking to a person
who is upset is going to annoy them - and someone who is dull in
responding to someone who has some exciting news is not going to come
off well. Leil Lowndes is an author that talks about some of these in
her books (see Amazon.com)

Another important author is Allan Pease on Body Language - I met him
in August at one of his seminars - I think it is worth reading his new
book called the definitive guide to body language.

The next one is similarity: We tend to select mates and friends
because of our similarity. Tony Robins has some material that is worth
reading - see especially his chapter on rapport in Unlimited Power - a
book he wrote ages ago.

The final thing to consider is that people like people who like them -
Cauldini is a very famous prof. of psychology who wrote a book called
'influence' which I strongly suggest you take a look at.

There is a discussion that people who listen are seen as better
'conversationalists' - how to win friends and influence people talks
about this.

In the book 'the seven habits of highly effective people' stephen
covey has an empathic listening technique where you listen to what is
said, paraphase what they said back to them along with the emotion
that they are feeling. Rather than going into too much detail - i'd
suggest instead that you read the chapter in that book which is called
'first understand then be understood'

Finally - use your empathy skills to read what the other person is
thinking, talk to them using their words and language - and take a
sincere interest in other people. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I will hold on to my buck-two-ninety-eight till y'all put in your two cents!

I like doing the laundry - I think I'm good at it (I've been doing it a while). I forget sometimes and Melanie gets to it before I do

I watch WAY too much HGTV

I don't sleep very well.

Since Mark left, I don't sleep in my bed...

I just fall asleep in the chair watching TV. If I wake up I might go into bed, but mostly I don't.

Hey, get you one of those comfy body pillows - they're very addicting - you'll never want to get out of bed then

I redid my bedroom and I love it. I still don't sleep there, but it's beautiful to show people... ROFLOLOL! I am a mess!

Seriously (well, I am seriously a mess) but on another note...my daughter is getting cold feet about going to college so far away from home(Baylor University-Waco TX). She says she doesn't want to leave me alone, but I think she's nervous about going so far and not knowing anyone. I know she'll be fine, but it's taking every ounce of energy that I have not to say..."Yeah, I think you're right, you should look for something closer", because in reality, I don't want her that far away, but I can't tell her that...right?...Right? RIGHT?!?!?!?!

right

If she has the opportunity to go to baylor she should take it - it's a great university Waco is between dallas and austin - miles of shopping in both And the area is gorgeous

She *may* meet a texas boy and stay tho...

Yep and if she needs rescuing I have people in Dallas, Tyler and of course Houston.

Dern it. There it went again. That was me!

yeah, your alter ego ... annonymous! yeah, embie, it is a good school and the area is nice. you might jsut fall in love with texas ! if you come see it, let us know!

I am not much for writing.. I can type a bajillion posts, but I don't write much

I love to write. It must be a girl thing. However...my first husband was great at writing. He would write to me all the time. It was something that I loved and looked forward to. Can't judge a man by that tho, as he is no longer in the picture...

john used to write poetry when he was in the war. it was dark but really good stuff, a way to deal with the things i guess he was dealing with. i wish he would again. instead, he makes up songs and sings it to our kids. the BEST one yet, i have to share, is when alayna must have been about 2 couple weeks old and we lived in california and there were tons of these "taco trucks" they sold food out of to workers etc. and john sang "the taco truck the taco truck, what do they have at the taco truck? dogs, cats, mice, rats ? nobody eats at the taco truck!" i was in the bathroom, leaving them a little daddy alone time and this is what happens !!!

Allen, you can make up stories and write songs and no matter what it is, david will think you ROCK!

Yes probably My dad used to sing old songs we had never heard of and we loved it

I must have become hardened to the human condition because I can watch news reports and movies that depict death and destruction, and deal with it by shedding a tear here and there, but there is a commercial that comes on our local TV station that has to do with Dogs and the Dog pound and I just lose it. It starts out by showing pictures of doggie faces up close behind chain link fences saying... "I can sit and I can fetch and I can rollover and I know that I am a good dog. What I don't know is how I ended up here."

I can't sit through it, I have to change the channel as soon as it comes on, and I still sit sobbing....

I am a mess!

ROFL That explains a lot....... .

HA! and I even forgot the very worst part of the story.... At the end the "dog" says... "...and I just want to go home..." WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!

see i am the same way. i can't stand to watch "dog rescue" or whatever it is on animal planet, but can eat a red chili burrito while pondering over an autopsy on c.s.i. .... ??? i should have been a nurse or coroner.

has anyone else ever totally "slipped" into a role and found themselves locked into it and can't get out ? i am in this mom stage and am forgetting who "jenn is" ... hmmm, sounds like trouble to me.