We managed to check only 3 bags! Hugging his “wheels” goodbye. Gladness and sadness are emotional extremes that I did not really know could happen simultaneously. Or maybe they really can’t. Maybe together they just make for a moment by moment roller coaster ride of the heart. Either way, I know I have… Read More Sad Goodbyes, Good Hospitality
These were some of our first glimpses of Acadia National Park upon arriving and driving down the park loop road. It was Robert’s fourth, my third, and Kory’s second time to be there, and we wanted to share it with Cooper and Kayla this summer ~ all of us together before saying goodbye to Kory… Read More Majesty in Maine
Tomorrow we head to Maine for a little bit of the above picture life, and I can’t wait! We’ll be camping in Acadia National Park for three nights and then staying near the beach in Ogunquit for three nights. This trip has become the highlight of our summer. Really, it’s the highlight of our whole… Read More The Maine Thing
There were many signs of aging around here last week. Here are a few examples: 1. I received a prescription for bifocals. {Sigh…} 2. Robert and I paid our first of many Baylor tuition bills. {Only by God’s provision.} 3. I bought a MacBook {Another amazing provision.}, and registered for a class at the Apple… Read More Growing Girl{s}
Yesterday, for almost an hour and many miles, this was our view. If only it had been our reality! Actually, driving ALONE TOGETHER, even though it was after some extreme packing and house-cleaning, and was also on the way to a crazy week of always-amazing-but-always-exhausting youth camp, did offer a bit of the carefree cruisin’… Read More Carefree & Cruisin’ {I wish.}
It was a really disappointing semi-final baseball game last night for Kory and the Amherst High School team. They lost by one point. The last at bat, we all really thought they would tie it up or pull ahead, but it was three pretty quick strike-outs, and the game was over, meaning no more baseball… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Avocado, Arugula, & White Bean “Pita” With A Side Of Baseball And Flying South
I just Googled “baseball phrases.” Wow. There are multitudes of baseball related phrases and cliches we Americans use! I guess it truly is, or at least was, America’s pastime. I know it’s partly how my friends and I passed the time when we were young kids, and we had all kinds of alternative rules for… Read More “It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”
Sometimes the pace of life seems impossible due to things out of my control, but in the case of the Mother’s Day Half Marathon, the pace was within my control, and I chose to go faster than ever before, shaving 6 whole minutes off my previous personal record. It was all Betsy’s fault, really. If… Read More Impossible Pace, Inscrutable God
Finally! Finally I’m taking a few moments to post on my blog, which I just realized has lost it’s free template graphics I installed years ago. Goodbye cute scroll-y flowers in the left side bar. Hello, “Sorry. This person moved or deleted this image.” Didn’t that Photobucket member realize that her free blog template design… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Popsicles, finally!
It’s going to be 80 degrees and sunny here today! Robert and I went for a run this morning, and then had our tea and breakfast out on the picnic table. I could smell the lilacs blooming in my neighbor’s yard. Hoping the vitamin D would give me a little burst of health and strength,… Read More Sweet & Spicy Quinoa Porridge {& Running power}