Now that I’m working, my view of time has changed. Weekends have become precious intervals in which to rest and enjoy my family. I’ve had to purposefully try not to hurry through the week to get to the weekend, instead enjoying each work day in full. How we look at time affects everything we do….
When we first built our house we planted grass in the front yard but didn’t have grass in the backyard for a few years. Enter a beautiful summer day, four little kids, a water hose, and one mom who is distracted in the kitchen. At some point I wisely or mistakenly look out my kitchen…
Since being hired to be a Spanish teacher, I have begun a weekly routine of having a small panic attack every Sunday night, in which I verbalize to Matt all the ways I don’t feel like I’m a good teacher. I tell him on the couch. I tell him in the kitchen. I tell him…
Friday is the day she hops garage sales with her friend. That’s when she happened upon this set of scales: The scales weren’t cool-vintage old, just flaking-off-silver-paint old, but I couldn’t help thinking about our conversation on justice during Bible study this week, she told me. Overpriced at $8, she considered she might pay $5…
We were getting into the swing of things during my Wednesday night Bible study, when the unplanned and unexpected happen. My friend had just finished sharing her story with us, when a woman sitting across the room said, Do you know what I love about you? Right there, in the middle of our Bible study,…
This is me opening my front door and inviting you in for a little party. Pretend my house is clean and there are homemade cream puffs and sugar cookies on the table, arranged in tiers around a Martha Stewart centerpiece. PRETEND, I said. Because this is my 500th blog post. Cue confetti. October 30, 2011…
Watch this creative video and consider God’s imagination. “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever.” (Ephesians 3:20 NIV)
Have you ever wondered what sound comes from the lips of a human being flogged with 40 lashes? The same sound that comes from the lips of a teenage boy being asked to take any form of liquid or tablet medicine. I bought Airborne chewables, delightful little orange-flavored, candy-ish tablets, now that school has started…
For 13 years now I have awakened around 3:00 in the morning with insomnia. Wide awake, I have to get up and move around for an hour or two before I can relax enough to go back to sleep. Lately I’ve had a new problem develop of not being able to go to sleep if…
I recently wrote about going nuts, as a first year teacher, trying to organize the flow of papers moving to and from my desk. Thanks to the advice of a veteran teacher, I actually heard these words from a student a few days ago: Wow, you’re so organized. Oh yeah. I got organized, because a fellow…
October is Pastor Appreciation Month, and since I’m married to one of those, I thought I’d give you the inside scoop on how to really score in making your pastor feel good. It’s always good to study the man a bit and find out who he is. This husband of mine celebrated recently when a…
It was a headline moment. I actually had people over for a homemade dinner, with the table dusted (yes, I mean that) and set all pretty. I made chicken tetrazzini, with homemade white sauce and sautéed mushrooms, which is a lot fancier than Little Caesar’s. The meal tasted good, everything went well, and the company…
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