When I was in the eighth grade, I walked into a classroom where there was being spoken a foreign language by the most brilliant, bright-eyed, lovely, quirky, caring teacher I still have ever known. Her name was Mrs. Mahuron, but since her husband worked a few doors down in the science department, we sometimes justContinue reading “MRS.”
Tag Archives: Inspiration
BLESSONS
For those of you who have followed this blog since it began, I am eternally grateful. Your encouragement has been phenomenal, and I have cherished every exchange. I am so excited to tell you that I have turned this little blog into a book…and until September 13th @ 11:59p.m., you can get FREE SHIPPING ifContinue reading “BLESSONS”
PRIORITIZE
This morning I woke up to a nice little pudge in my belly, which I have unaffectionately begun to refer to as “Christmas 2014”. My people are just too good in the kitchen. My brother is home and so dinners are meat with a side of meat. And everything has its own butter based dippingContinue reading “PRIORITIZE”
READY
(Written in February, posted in November…there is no storm today!) Yesterday, in great anticipation of Snowmageddon 2014, I studied in the library rather than my office. There is a beautiful view from the windows out to the water, and I perched myself facing outward so as to alert the campus upon the first flake’s appearance.Continue reading “READY”
JAMAICA
Our legs moved slowly through the palpable heat as we ascended the slight hill to the modest meeting house for worship. Slowly, because that is the only speed left after a full day of travel including a four hour layover and customs and three additional hours of relentless curves and holes in the road. The nightContinue reading “JAMAICA”
FREE
I learned a swift lesson about the freedom we enjoy in this nation the day we picked up a Cuban refugee family from the airport. Reading about the perils faced by those living in restricted nations does not compare with beholding their relief upon their first taste of freedom. There he sat, staring at the bleakContinue reading “FREE”
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”
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