Improving my love of life…. through loving God, self and others
Our pastor has told us before that he gets some pretty heavy condemnation on Monday mornings, critics of yesterday’s sermon or people with better ideas of how church should be done will often unload on him via email. I can imagine he dreads opening up his laptop at the beginning of each new week.... Continue Reading →
On the way home, taking a route that I drive 1-2 times a week and noticed something was different at an intersection. You know how you walk into a room and know something has been moved, but you can’t immediately put your finger on what it was? Just like that. I kept driving and it... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how some people seem to get the good seats every time? The best parking places, tables at a restaurant, or just the permission to go where others cannot? I am not one of these people, but I am married to one, and it’s a great perk to join in with a... Continue Reading →
My college roommate died last week. She left behind a thriving marriage and two children still living at home. Cancer hounded Steph for years in different manifestations and proved to be too powerful to fight any longer. We made a pilgrimage back to the state where we had attended college and witnessed the... Continue Reading →
My children sent me flowers this week, it was a belated birthday present. I’m not certain why the timing was off, but have you ever known a Mom to question a gift from her kids? They are well aware that Stargazer Lilies are my ultimate favorites, and I received a vase full of tightly... Continue Reading →
In tenth grade our daughter decided to become a rugby player. Our sweet, creative, incredibly dramatic daughter who is not terribly athletic wanted to play a violent game that we knew little about. We had some reservations, but went to the team meeting and entertained the idea. Somehow she convinced us that rugby was her... Continue Reading →
I am meeting with my boss in a little while. He doesn't really seem like a boss, it's a part-time job that I get to do from home, exactly the kind of work I need to do to keep me busy and fulfilled and I'm working for my best friend's company. My 'supervisor' is the... Continue Reading →
Early this morning I was nudged to wake up. Like when you're at the beach and your body tries to will you awake while it's still dark so you can watch the sun rise over the ocean. I remembered it was Christmas Eve morning, but no plan to get up early. And then I knew. There was no... Continue Reading →
We live far away from our biological families, and have for our entire marriage. At first we felt it was our obligation to 'go home' for the holidays, but the problem was that our families live about a thousand miles away from each other, and we were roughly the same distance from each. So we... Continue Reading →
Each year we pull out all of the lights, decorations and garland to decorate for Christmas, like most folks. It is a tradition that I relish and my guy does not. This year was a little later than most because we were waiting for our girl to come home and help, she enjoys it about... Continue Reading →
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