A week ago, my almost-nineteen-year-old–do you sound very grown up when you tell people you’re 18 3/4?? ;-)–cousin had offered to take me out with his friends this Friday night. They go to a church service at Solid Rock called The Way. It specifically targets 18-28 year olds. I’m a few notches higher than that […]
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Tappin’ Into My Heart
“All I want are a couple days off!” So shout the tappers in Andrea’s dance. 🙂 The whole class did a great job and I was SO proud of Andrea. The day of rehearsal, she put her class’s music on in her room and ran through the dance for an hour to refresh her muscle […]
Eaten Alive!
Yesterday we took a trip with friends out to Scoggins Creek off Hagg Lake. Got there early afternoon and stayed ’til almost dusk. We had ten kids altogether, which made for fun wading, splashing, falling in, and tree climbing. One of the funniest moments was when Sandy ran into the deepest part of the creek […]
Summer Days
Love, love, love summer. Love not having to wrap up in layers to keep warm. Love the smell of cut grass. Love getting in a hot car. Love sleeping in. The official start to our summers is always the teachers’ can-can as the buses pull away from the elementary school. Then Grandma takes the kids […]
Think You Know My Occupation?
One of the best–by which I mean least favorite–part of the end of the year is getting back the broken crayons, the three colored pencils left in the pack, the one-tree’s-worth of old papers, … But I found this gem in the April 15th entry of Joshua’s journal: My mom is a writr She finisht […]
Harvest of Little Plants
Last Sunday, we held the final AWANA meeting of the year and doled out awards. Once again, I was amazed at the children in my group. As a leader, I have the privilege of watching them tuck verse after verse away in their hearts. Every single meeting–even with going through all my life changes–I walked […]
From One Extreme to the Other
Can I adopt that as the theme of my life? It could reference my emotions, or the state of cleanliness of the house, or any number of things, but for this blog … I’m talking Internet. Two weekends ago, I drove the kids to Athena to visit my brother, SIL, and their family. You may […]
A Very Merry Un-anniversary …
To me … yes, me! A very merry un-anniversary to whom? Yes, me! Oh, I’ve had that remade song from Alice in Wonderland running through my head all day! Has it been a hard March 23? If I stopped to think about it, I’m sure it would be. The key is to stay very, very […]
Red Tape?
Do you see a pattern yet? My about-once-a-week posts? I guess the only time I can find to update this wonderful thing called my blog is when the kiddos are with their daddy. Or maybe it’s the only time I allow myself to relax at some level. There is SO much to do. I’ve been […]
A Fantastic Friday the 13th
Let’s just preface this by saying I give no credence to luck whatsoever. (Though I’m not sure how to explain when the cards in a game of chance completely favor a certain player.) But there are people out there who have a problem with Friday falling on the 13th of the month. I’m posting about […]