Some of the most memorable times from college was when a group of us sorority sisters traveled to southwest Louisiana for a mission trip.  We'd originally wanted to go to Mexico--you know, travel to the ends of the earth, a foreign country!  But our budget and God's providence took us to a rural area to serve at a youth camp and with a local pastor.  About twenty minutes after our arrival, we realized that we had indeed gone to a foreign country.  We had never before been exposed to the finer aspects of Cajun living.

When we walked into the dining hall at the camp, one of the local teenagers who worked there approached my friend, Leah.  He asked slowly and loudly, "How long have you been in this country?"  Leah said emphatically, "All my life!"  You'd really have to know Leah to realize how hilarious this was.  We still break out in laughter when we recall the look on our quite American (albeit of Hispanic descent) friend's face. 

And, this story came to mind when my physical therapist asked last week how long my neck had been stiff.  The appropriate answer was that the Botox migraine injections were given March 4, 2011, and the stiffness began March 10.   That was the beginning of this now nearly four month journey into the aftermath of what I now know to be an overdose of Botox.  But, the truth is that I have indeed, been stiffnecked, "ALL MY LIFE!"

My Wycliffe Bible Dictionary (a FAVORITE Bible study tool of mine) defines stiffnecked as: