It was a Sunday afternoon, in the middle of March, when the email came for which I had been holding my breath, telling all of us teachers that we would be transitioning immediately to remote teaching. The next day we met solemnly at school, a chair space between each of us, to hear the action…
A student raised his hand and asked me a fair question yesterday. He wanted to know when I was going to teach a certain set of vocabulary. I explained to him that I don’t teach that until the third year. No big deal, except the encounter was a crocodile death roll to my sense of…
The plan was that I was going to go to Uganda and teach a women’s Bible study every morning. Finally I was leaving the arena of working with kids at church and was going to do “big people” work. It felt like arriving. End of the story: I stunk at that. Felt like one of…
His name was Brother Charlie. (Some people, because of the enormity of their personalities, never have a last name.) He was a cheerful, endearing Black man at Miller Heights Baptist Church, and we always hoped it was his turn to pray. “Oh Lord,” he would call out, “Thank you for shakin’ my feeble body and…
“And why do you want to know about mutual funds?” Matt said to me, as we got ready for bed last night. “For a blog post,” I said. (I wish you could see his face sometimes.) He crawled into bed, and I went downstairs to click away on the keyboard. This is what it’s like…
I dropped my boy off at the church for worship team practice last Saturday. “Next Sunday you’ll be at church in Texas,” I said. Mournful mom face. “Now Mom,” he said, leaning in close to me and turning on the charm, “that’s a long time from now. We’re enjoying today.” When God made Caleb, he…
“Give me the keys!” he said in a rush. “Why?” I asked. “Caleb left his tassels at home,” he said. This was an hour and a half before graduation, and there was no way we were lettin’ that kid cross the stage without his magna cum laude tassel. (See how I slipped in that bold-faced…
Last year we used Christmas money and invested in two kayaks. We could see our last little bird (with very big feet and a penchant for bow ties) flying out of the nest soon, and those two kayaks were our declaration that we would continue to enjoy each other when the nest became quiet. Today…
These blog posts come to you from an imposing, six-foot long, solid oak desk that my parents bought me years ago as a housewarming gift. (Mom wanted to get me a dining room table, but when I went table shopping I saw this desk and oh the love.) In the desk, there are three drawers…
I had to get up like normal people yesterday morning and be at work by 8:15. Usually I’m heading out the door at 11:30, to work part time at the Christian school. Can I just say that you people who work full time are super heroes. I felt a little whiny that I was showered…
Yesterday morning I spent an hour making sausage potato bites for my guys. I found the recipe in the 2012 Celebrate magazine, and Matt and Caleb got tears of joy in their eyes when they tried them for the first time. A combination of Jimmy Dean, hashbrowns, and Parmesan, these little babies are what Montana…
Dear friends, Today is my birthday! The big four-six, and you should know I’m a little ridiculous on the inside about the whole birthday thing. It’s like when I was six years old I stopped maturing and still jump up and down over cake and presents. Presents! I was laughing at myself the other day,…
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