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Learning, growing, and maybe ranting.
The Biggest Announcement Ever!!
It's been a year and a half since we began considering our next step. We've prayed, thought, been to conferences, taken assessments, sought wise advice, and waited patiently (and sometimes not-so-patiently) for God to speak to us. We're so excited to finally go...
Happy Festivus!
Well today is Festivus! Since it's a time for the airing of grievances, I thought I'd share this with you. I wrote this one a while back on one of my "Christians ruin everything" days. I hope you like it... Well, Christmas is almost here. Kinda... Recently, some...
Anticipation
Christmas is almost here and my kids are exploding with anticipation! I totally love their enthusiasm! They go around the house singing Christmas carols, talking about what Christmas day is going to be like, even dancing! It's powerfully cute and it reminds me of...
D21 Challenge: MRE Madness
OK, the challenge officially begins! In my last post I issued a challenge to get rid of some of the "stuff" that clutters our homes and our lives; to travel lite so that, when God calls, we can be available and not be weighed down by possessions we don't need. I...
Positioned to be Used
My family and I moved to a different house a couple of weeks ago. There are very few things I really hate, but moving is definitely one of them. I hate packing up all my stuff, I hate leaving a house and neighborhood I love, I hate hauling heavy boxes and furniture,...
We All Have One…
A quick fill-in-the-blank for you. I'd really like to _______________, but I ________________. I think we all have something sitting on the backburner of our life. Let's talk about it. Just type your completed sentence in the comments section below. I'll start it...
Possessions or Experiences?
Possessions are fun. I'm not going to lie to you. It's fun to buy stuff, play with it, drive it, watch it, talk on it, whatever. But... Experiences are memorable. I wouldn't trade some of my experiences, like my trips to Ireland, even for a new Mac. Some people can...
The Problem With Pleasure
Pleasure. Even the word is rather... pleasurable. We love pleasure. We enjoy that delight, that state of gratification we find ourselves in when something really pleases us. We are, after all, pleasure seeking creatures and we'll go to great lengths to experience...
Living with Forrest Lee Bezotte
My writing teacher gave me this assignment and I had a ton of fun putting it together. I figured I'd share it with you here since I got a laugh out of it (the self-effacing tone is meant to be humorous, not glum). Please ignore the citations since I didn't include...