Monday was such a great day that I was hyper in the evening, which is not normal. I went to Target at 8:00, you guys. For fun. I feel weird going out so late, I said to my son. He assured me many people go out at 8:00 at night, and it’s no big thing….
I suggested to both moms that perhaps going in on an E-reader would be the perfect gift for Matt’s birthday this November. So I could have my Kindle back, for Pete’s sake. They gave in, and I was able to buy a novel for my Kindle this Thanksgiving break, with the lofty goal of reading…
Today I travel back to my one semester of anatomy and physiology, which is a class I took when I was going to be a nurse. Before I came to the conclusion that I was too ditsy to have people’s lives in my hand. Wait, did I give you your meds already? I can’t remember….
I don’t often talk to you about how strange this process of writing is, but I feel like you should know about Thursday night. I had a thought on my mind for a few days and finally got it down on paper. (I still say paper, even though it is a Word document. Paper sounds…
All you have to do is talk to a college student the week before Thanksgiving holiday, to know living is impossible. All the tasks we need to accomplish are more than a person can do. Or ask someone how he’s doing, with sincerity of heart that really begs an answer, and get the honest response…
The Lord asks Ezekiel (chapters 27 and 28) to take up a lament for Tyre, the famous Phoenician seaport on the Mediterranean coast. But the song of lament begins like this… Your domain was on the high seas; your builders brought your beauty to perfection. Men of Persia, Lydia and Put served as soldiers…
He was looking good dressed for church. Jokingly he used the word Adonis and struck a pose. Actually, 23 years into marriage and he’s getting more handsome to me all the time. So I’m afraid that’s what I thought of Saturday night when we sang words from an old hymn, I dare not trust the…
The last time I saw her she was trying to keep up with friends in the hallway. Wait! I can’t run in these shoes, she said. She was beautiful, and then she was in a fatal car crash on Monday night. So this week has brought me once again into the land of the grieving,…
My own retelling of Ephesians 1:4… In the beginning, When the earth was empty And there was only darkness, You were on his mind. Before he touched the keyboard and made the story come alive. Before you ever did anything wrong. And before anyone ever did wrong to you. There was the thought of you. He…
It was a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon. The snow level came down low on the mountains behind our house. So we finished lunch, and Matt took his favorite place in the recliner next to the fireplace. (I say fireplace. It requires an electrical outlet, but we are able to suspend reality well enough to…
It is an annual agreement with my mother-in-law. She will feed me if I will hand out candy to the over 100 children who will trick-or-treat at her door. Will work for food. So the doorbell rang, and I grabbed the metal bowl filled with everything chocolate. A herd of children was at the door,…
He had always told us about growing up in half a house, but it wasn’t until last week that I saw this picture of it. Grandma is standing in front of it there –wearing a pink sundress that she undoubtedly sewed for herself. With no indoor plumbing and quilts for an exterior door, it…
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