One month went by, and then two and three. Now it’s been six months since I wrote anything here. In over ten years, I’ve never let anywhere near that much time go by here on this little blog. I think it’s because when so much time passes, you just don’t know where to start. It’s… Read More Six Months Later in September
Waiting for my dad at the Austin airport I’ve cried myself to sleep more than a handful of times in my 47 years of life, but I’d never cried myself awake until last week. It made me think of Eve. In the third chapter of Genesis, Eve receives the news of how the unleashing of… Read More In Pain (and tears) You Will Give Birth
Christmas can kinda make you (or just me) crazy, it seems. Here’s evidence… On Wednesday, I was frantically running around town doing errands and frantically running around the house trying to clean it and make Kory’s bed for his arrival home from his first semester at Baylor. Somehow I got it in my head that… Read More Gluten Free/Paleo Friday ~ Christmas Prep & “Coffee” & Homecomings
It was Saturday night that we were sitting at our kitchen table, chatting, and listening to the Baylor vs. West Virginia game online. The teen s’mores & pizza party was over and cleaned up from the night before, a baby registry for my friend Christie had been accomplished earlier in the day, and I was… Read More The Socially Awkward Homeschool Graduate
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
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