Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Craziness!

We have come to terms with the fact that we live a crazy life.

I can't tell you exactly when I came to that conclusion but it's a fact -- that much I do know.

I was talking to a good friend--Brent Brelje--on the phone the other day when it really hit me. He was sharing something with me and asked "do you think that we are crazy?" My response was "Brent, I think you are probably asking the wrong person."

dictionary.com defines craziness:

1.mentally deranged; demented; insane.
2.senseless; impractical; totally unsound: a crazy scheme.
3.Informal. intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.
4.Informal. very enamored or infatuated (usually fol. by about): He was crazy about her.
5.Informal. intensely anxious or eager; impatient: I'm crazy to try those new skis.
6.Informal. unusual; bizarre; singular: She always wears a crazy hat.
7.Slang. wonderful; excellent; perfect: That's crazy, man, crazy.
8.likely to break or fall to pieces.
9.weak, infirm, or sickly.
10.having an unusual, unexpected, or random quality, behavior, result, pattern, etc.: a crazy reel that spins in either direction.

I couldn't have defined the Kunkel's better myself! Well, not all of them but some of them some of the time. While some people may say "oh yeah, they sure are unusual, random and unexpected, I am referring to numbers 3 and 7 when I say we live a crazy life or a life of craziness.

#3Informal, intensely enthusiastic; passionately excited: crazy about baseball.

Yes, we are intensely enthusiastic and passionately excited.

About what?

About loving on the people that some find it hard to love. We are passionately excited about giving the best of the best to the least of the least.

We are intensely enthusiastic about where God has taken us and taught us and sharing that with others. And we are passionately excited about where God will take us in the future.

So go ahead Brent Brelje--and the rest of you--live a life of Craziness--it's GREAT!

Your crazy friend,
Janette

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

i GUESS THAT IS ANOTHER THING THE "K" IN KUNKEL STANDS FOR--KRAZY!!

WE USED TO TALK ABOUT THE KRAZY KUMASI KUNKEL KIDS. MAYBE I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT BEFORE YOU MARRIED INTO THE FAMILY!

GLAD, THOUGH, THAT YOU ARE AS CRAZY AS THE REST OF US! MOM

ErinOrtlund said...

Personally, I've always though you all were crazy---in a cool and wonderful way! Don't change. :)

Shawn, Bev, and Family said...

Crazy is wonderful! Thanks for sharing your crazy lives with us!

Anonymous said...

Krazy is good!! We all need a little of that craziness!! Hope you are all doing well.
Love, Irene