Things Are Bigger Here

Maybe the saying is true, and things really are bigger in Alberta, or, maybe things are just the same size they would be if they were anywhere else, but once in Alberta, we become drastically more perceptive. I'm not sure, but here are a few of my observations:

• Bugs are HUGE in the fall. Especially in Alberta. Ever noticed how when the weather begins to turn cold, every spider within 5km makes a dash for your basement?? And it puts on its winter weight immediately? Spiders don't seem to wait for those cold winter nights of eating potato chips and watching movies. They just show up ENORMOUS at the first sign of cold weather. I don't like spiders. Especially ones that could stand to loose a few.
• Matt is also getting far too big too fast. He asked Barry and I the other night, "Who did I live with when you were kids, and you were still living with Grandma and Grandpa and Grandma and Papa?" I'm amazed at how his little mind ponders these huge questions - Where was I before I was born? Who knew about me then? Who looked after me? These are the matters of the heart and questions about our very souls that people don't always even let themselves ask. These are big questions that will help determine what we believe - and what we believe shapes who we are for the rest of our lives. He's getting far too big. Far too fast.
• And, he scored a goal in hockey. Against kids a year or two older than him. Barry hasn't stopped grinning. Matt hasn't stopped re-telling it.

Well, all, I'm off for a much needed moment of rest. Been busy with a banquet, cleaning, church things, a baby shower, a deathly flu, and back to back batches of company. All huge blessings (with the exception of the flu) but now I'm hugely tuckered.

'Night.

L