Karey's Overflow

'Overflow' refers to me having a wide variety of things I do, from writing, to daily living of a wonderful life, and art work.

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Name: Karey
Location: Colorado, United States

I garden at 8000 feet, cook from scratch, needle felt, read books continually, study history and epistemology, write daily, contemplate spiritual theology, and pursue heirloom arts. I love to paint pictures of living beyond maintenance -- living creatively, discovering beauty in everyday ordinary things. I've been happily married to Monte, who is a geologist, for a long time and still very much in love, even after raising a family and building two houses. Our children are our best friends. Heather is newly married to Bill. Travis, a minister of the fine arts, is married to Sarah. And Dawson is in college. I naturally live first-hand and have recently realized that this is how we educated our children and ourselves. I love to learn about everything, teach, and work with my hands. I love my home, but my life has overflowed -- as a teacher, radio/conference/retreat speaker, author, and most recently as a MOPS mentor. Kareyswan.com is an ideal way for me to share my overflowing life with kindred spirits and those hungering to move beyond maintenance -- to be known by who they are, not just by what they do.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Story from Monte

Three men were hiking through the forest when they came upon a large, raging, violent river. Needing to get on the other side, the first man prayed, “God, please give me the strength to cross the river.”
Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs and he was able to swim across in about 2 hours, having almost drowned twice.

After witnessing that, the second man prayed, “God, please give me strength
and the tools to cross the river.” Poof! God gave him a rowboat and strong arms and strong legs and he was able to row across in about an hour after almost capsizing once.

Seeing what happened to the first two men, the third man prayed, “God,
please give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence to cross this river.” Poof! He was turned into a woman. She checked the map, hiked one hundred yards up stream and walked across the bridge.



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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Karey,

This needs some clarification. For me this story is a parable, meaning that it is not literally true but carries the cargo of a larger truth. But what is this truth? It's not the first that comes to your mind i.e., women are superior. The greater truth that the story carries for me is that it would be a very good idea for men to laugh at themselves. The story may be almost totally wrong in factual details, but this doesn't matter. When we deal with women we often need to ignore factual details and proceed as if they are right, superior, and wonderful (It doesn't matter if they are or they aren't, this is irrelevant). Any man who doesn't understand this is in for real trouble with his woman.

Monte

June 19, 2009 1:37 PM  
Blogger Karey said...

That's my wonderful, superiorly right boyfriend!!!! and I love him tons.

June 19, 2009 4:27 PM  
Blogger Karen Deborah said...

ya'll are hilarious and I love the joke and the parable, excuse me for peaking in.

June 20, 2009 9:31 PM  

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