As I sit down to type this morning the snow is falling in heavy clouds outside, the wind is whistling around the corner of the house, and Warrior Man is whistling tunelessly as he heads out to wrestling practice. This week has been a crazy one to be sure. I have been directing a One …
Wednesdays can be hard, y’all. Here is my benediction for you on this day in the middle of the week. Wherever it finds you, may it give you peace: “Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books – especially the Bible, build …
There is something so magical about snapping a picture every day. I love glorifying the mundane, and showcasing the beauty in the daily, don’t you? Taking pictures reminds me that my life is beautiful, fantastic, and filled with blessings. And that made this challenge worth it. Do you, too, want to participate …
Today, Warrior Man and I are getting our engagement pictures taken, and I can’t be more excited! Last night we raced to the Big City to go shopping for some new duds to wear in the pictures, and I must say that I think we will look pretty snazzy. It was the most unusual shopping …
I am tickled this week to join a fearless bunch of women bloggers in five minutes of unedited writing. An online flash mob of writers who are intent on throwing their caution, and perfectionism to the wind. This week our prompt word is “Dare”. START I whispered to myself tersely that my anxiety was, …
Coffee, and I are fair weather friends at best. We barely speak on a regular basis. But as soon as tests pile on top of each other like a bunch of errant dalmation pups–that is the moment when I pick up the phone, and dial my old acquaintance with her gravelly voice, and oddly pungent …
There are few things more intoxicating to me than the pungent scent of dark roasted coffee beans combined with creamy wedding talk. And this past week I got both brewed together in a large steaming serving, with whipped cream on top. I was leaning across the counter at our local coffee shop right before my …
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It was that one fateful night when a Tongan, an Alaskan, and a Nebraskan all got together and talked about food. Seal intestines, wild bores, and corn. The waitress’s lips curved into an amused smile as she delivered our steaming plates of burritos while we laughed, and joked about how we grew up. Three of …
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I was sitting in the empty Success Center with my “Tutor” tag dangling around my neck. I tutor English in my spare time, but no on was coming in that day, and I was bored. I sat mindlessly munching on an apple, when it hit me like a pop quiz the day before Thanksgiving break: …
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I don’t know about the rest of y’all, but sometimes I am simply too dense to hear God when He whispers. Sometimes, that wild God of mine has to take the megaphone of repetition in order to get my attention. He gets me on a reoccurring theme–something that happens in various forms over, and over …
