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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..>>i miss the woods…
We (me and my girls and some friends) spent last night at the camp I used to live and work at near Mt. Hood. I’d forgotten how incredibly quiet it is here at night. I’d also not realized how much I am missing the woods these days. Maybe it’s my church’s series on Faith and […]
Read More..>>sink or swim or maybe just float…
Rick wrote a blog today that a comment of mine apparently prompted (http://rickdancer.com/news/2008/03/29/the-secret-to-staying-afloat#comment-86). His blog reminded me of something amazing I witnessed at camp one time (before I lived there), down by the river (no van) when the salmon were spawning. First of all, just the fact that the salmon spawn in the manner that […]
Read More..>>perception is everything now isn’t it?
I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. - Shelley Winters
Read More..>>brokenness - a blessing or a curse?
The great mystery of God’s love is that we are not asked to live as if we are not hurting, as if we are not broken. In fact, we are invited to recognize our brokenness as a brokenness in which we can come in touch with the unique way that God loves us. The great […]
Read More..>>proud to be an obama mama…
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acceptance
You never know who might be behind the words out here in cyberspace. You never know why a person might be writing the things she or he is writing. You never know what your reaction may, or may not give to the writer.This blurb is from an online article from a Denver news […]
Read More..>>i remember walking…
MDA camp is here this week at the camp I run. There are about 105 kids with varying degrees of muscular dystrophy here as campers, along with about 150 leaders, counselors, nurses, and other staff and volunteers, in addition to my camp staff. It is a great week - our favorite as it […]
Read More..>>warm, but uncomfortable
A summer rain is falling today. Its warm enough to be outside, but wet enough that its uncomfortable. This summer is shaping up to be a lot like that for me.I love it when summer arrives, and my staff kids come “home”, and camp becomes alive again with the sights, sounds, and […]
Read More..>>random thoughts
What was my first word?What would it be like to live in Cairo?What would Jesus really do?How many people’s names do I know?When will I be a grandma?How long will my parents live?Will I get to celebrate a Golden Anniversary with Butch? If so, will I remember it the next day?What is the word […]
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