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TICKLED

My mother’s side of the family is inflicted with a terrible condition. We get tickled and laugh uncontrollably at desperately inappropriate times. We’ve suffered long and hard with the affliction, to no avail of the torment. We are a family who has spent more hours in the pews of churches than I care to count.Continue reading “TICKLED”

INDEED!

Today was such an odd Easter for me. I LOVE holidays. I don’t want to say I live for a special occasion, but I kinda do. And Easter. WELL. As a follower of Christ, there is NO BETTER DAY! Victory!! Triumph!! Death is defeated!!! THIS DAY! A welling up in my spirit happens every Easter and thereContinue reading “INDEED!”

GROWING

Michael and I were sitting on the couch having a conversation. All the kids were home. And we were having a conversation. Zachary was in the room with us. All of a sudden we heard from downstairs, “Moooooooooooooom!!!!!! Someone clogged the toilet with SOOOOOO MUCH toilet paper!!” Zachary stopped what he was doing, looked intently atContinue reading “GROWING”

CAPTIVE

I sat in the cold, stone room for what seemed like ages anticipating their arrival. Curiosity and nerves were competing for first place in my typical over-emotional state. Being a ‘feeler’ can be exhausting. It’s difficult to explain what a typical daily emotional roller coaster a ‘feeler’ must ride. I can go from crying tearsContinue reading “CAPTIVE”

PORN

I’m a football fan. The first 3 years of my marriage my team was on fire, and I literally had to go through the grieving process when football season was over. We haven’t seen much football since moving to North Carolina, because we’re Colts fans and we’d have to pay to watch on a regularContinue reading “PORN”

GENEROSITY

If you know my children, you know that my oldest child is spirited. Lively. Animated. At times his impulsivity overrides his conscious and he can be intrusive. Parenting him can be difficult. We both like to be in charge, and there are hard days. And subsequently, he has taught me infinite lessons about mothering, aboutContinue reading “GENEROSITY”

STORM

I grew up in a really, really small town in rural Indiana. Really small. So small, that when my family moved away in 1998, the population dropped a full percentage point. Our ‘community days’ festival consisted of between 4-6 venders down Main Street, which, when blocked, made absolutely zero difference in the traffic. During saidContinue reading “STORM”

RUN

When I made my ’40 before 40′ bucket list, it must have been a warm day. Warm, but not hot. Productive, but not busy. And I must have felt good and optimistic and happy and energetic and rested. ‘Delirium’ is the only thing I can figure, because I included on number 16, “Run a 5k”.Continue reading “RUN”

THANKS

When I was young, one of my favorite books was Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. I was a serious child. I identified with Alexander on somewhat of a regular basis, as he and I both had two brothers. So I anticipated the worst, pretty much all the time. I remainedContinue reading “THANKS”

AUTUMN

I knew I was getting older the last time I went to Forever21 and the sales associate asked me if I was lost and then called me ‘ma’am’. I quickly darted out of the store, pretending like I had wandered in by mistake. Then, I heard on K-Love that women who dye their hair blondContinue reading “AUTUMN”