Friday, June 25, 2010

The 3 Most Important Decisions of Your LIfe!

A friend of mine's parents have been staying with me during the 59th General Conference Session of Seventh-day Adventist being held here in Atlanta until July 3rd.  While Sunflowers and I were sitting down at the dining room table they returned from one of the meetings and the husband started talking about what he learned early in his life  - the three most important decisions you will make in your life.  I thought they were profound and I thought I would list them here.

1.  Give your heart to the Lord
2.  Decide on a vocation
3.  Attaining a wife or husband

He spoke of how the first would guide the second and third  The second is important to minimize drama when you attain the third.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Sabbath Lesson For Me!

On Sabbath the pastor went over the following text that i have been meaning to post but have not.  Ihave heard it a million times however it hit something within me on Sabbath

Psalms 27:4

One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.

I just want to be with the Lord in the safety of arms, in the comfort of his presence and when it is all said in done I want to be saved.  My prayer is whatever it takes Lord save me that is my greatest desire!!!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Hello New Readers

It has come to my attention that I have a few new readers and I want to say hello and special shout out to Betsy Green!!!!!

MPH Experience Part 2

Well how do I start this post. We met with the Dean of Academic Affairs on Monday as a result of the email below:

I am very disappointed that you have chosen to reschedule our meeting for a second time in regards to the Applied Epidemiology course in which all three students failed and myself with a grade of F. It would seem as if this is very unimportant to you. I have received a failing grade in a course in which I did not earn and in which a teacher in your program failed to teach me and demonstrated a total disregard to teaching and a disdain for his students. I have been attempting to discuss this matter since May 6th. I have requested time off from my full time job twice for the prospect of getting this situation resolved before the start of my practicum. Out of respect for your request that we do not do anything until you meet with Dr. M on May 12th, we did not proceed further because you stated you would provide an update. We have asked for that update and have been ignored consistently. I feel unaware as to how to proceed and who to proceed with. I need someone to understand the predicament I am in academically, financially and emotionally and respond accordingly. Please advise.


This email was not written to her it was written to the Dean of my program, I copied her on it out of my frustration of not being taken seriously or a priority. She responded meeting with us during the previously scheduled time for our dean. She was poised, informative and articulate. Something I hope to be some day as a mature. I see why she has the position she has. I did not feel better after having met with her, if anything I felt worst about the possible outcome however, I did feel heard and that meant a lot to me. Diplomacy is priceless. The Assist Dean of AA did mention, on more than one occasion, that my Dean was very upset by the email above. I have re-read and asked a number of other people what they thought of the email and was it upset worthy. They all said no. They stated it was to the point and expressed my feelings regarding a very serious issue. I know I can be sharp with my words that is why I try to get others opinion before I send out potent emails. Let me know what you think!

I found it almost laughable that the Dean was upset by this email. I wonder does she realize I am UPSET receiving a grade that I did not earn and no one that is able to help me is helping or listening.
 
thanks Joseph for sending the deleted post!!!

Sunday, June 06, 2010

MPH program Part 3

I know you are thinking part three where did part two go.  I know I know.  I was attempting to complete the edits that Sunflowers suggested and I deleted it instead.  Blogger did not ask me to confirm and the back key did not return the post so it is lost forever.  I have the email however I do not have the energy to recreate what I wrote prior to it.  One of the drawbacks of dating a lawyer is that they tend to edit everything meticulously that is why I know there was nothing wrong with the email that I sent.  But lets not get me started on that.  I just wanted to stop all the emails asking why I deleted the part two post.  Stay tuned still!!!!

P,S. If any of you printed it out feel free to send it to me and  I will repost it!!!