Life Lessons with Nanny Duke

Nanny Duke is one of my favorite people of all time! She is an incredible woman who has raised 4 children and then went to night school to get her degree in elementary education. She has seen and experienced a lot .... She's 92. I had the privilege of spending the day with her last week. I love talking to her. Nothing seems to surprise her and she is always full of encouragement. She has been praying for me since before I knew her. Dixie "Nanny" Duke is who I want to learn from. And I think I am learning a little more each time I visit her. I want the hope she has inside of her, I want her diligence, her compassion, her love for the Word and Jesus. She is truly my hero. When I was thinking about what I have learned lately, my time with Nanny came to mind. I learned that this life is about the process and not necessarily the product. This brought me such comfort to keep going and not get caught up in what I am lacking. I want to be at peace with the process that God is bringing me through and not run from it because it might be uncomfortable. I don't know if all this makes sense, but this is what I am learning right now.

New laptop

I just bought a laptop!
Through this experience I learned a lot about what makes a computer a good choice. Things like the ram and memory, stuff I really knew nothing about before. My husband helped explain a lot of it. We totally lucked out though. On a whim we went to Office Depot and looked at laptops. We found a great deal and the cool thing was that it was the last day of the sale. I am also learing a lot about networking computers. I'm not sure how this will help me when I'm a teacher, but it will help me in my computer life.