Archive for the 'family' Category
if those walls could talk…
They started tearing down my older children’s old elementary school today. I got an email from a friend while I was sitting at my desk this morning. She lives not far from the school (her grown children went there too) and was taking her morning walk when she saw the bulldozers, back hoes, and scoopers […]
Read More..>>choosy mothers choose…
Seems it has been entirely too long since I’ve written anything out here. My life has been centered around summer fun, my church’s VBS program, and my newest family member, Fern - our “impossibly cute” (to quote my friend, Carson) three month old beagle. If I can figure out how to add a picture to […]
Read More..>>i didn’t know it would feel this way…
The last summer staffer to arrive at Arrah Wanna, my former home, called this week to say “hi” and let me know she was there. They’re all there now ~ some new faces to the staff, some familiar ones, some I don’t even know. But they’re all there. And I am not. For the past […]
Read More..>>missing “the days”…
I usually deal with change really well, often embracing it, asking it in for tea, sitting down with it and becoming very-well acquainted in a relatively short amount of time. I guess that is the fancy way of saying it doesn’t take me long to get comfortable with “new and different”. I moved to McMinnville […]
Read More..>>i’ll love you forever…
I am sitting here watching my youngest son sleep. He is 24 and on his way to study abroad in Perth until the end of June. His flight leaves on Monday afternoon. I’ve never had any of my kids that far away from me for that long. Noelle’s been on a few mission trips that […]
Read More..>>a look back at 2007 in pictures…
my husband
My husband and I played around with Photo Booth on my new Mac laptop tonight. Can I just say, I love my husband more than life itself. We’ve been friends most of our lives, and he has always been the guy that will just sit around with someone he loves and do goofy […]
Read More..>>the times they are a’changin’….
Two weeks from today is my last day in my current job. But it isn’t just a job - it is a way of life. It is my home. It is my family. We live here. We play here. We work here. Our community is here. Our […]
Read More..>>on my knees
I had a relatively crappy day today - its bound to happen, even to a Pollyanna like me. But my crappy day, a recent “devotional thought” I was asked to share with my board, and a really cool online group I am a part of (www.epinoiacafe.com) got me to thinking tonight about prayer, and how […]
Read More..>>substance and evidence…
I am at this incredibly interesting point in my life. I’ve resigned from my job ~~ a very comfortable position that pays well and comes with a free house and tons of other perks ~~ to enroll in school fulltime this fall to pursue my oft-postponed Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. Not only […]
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