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Jumbo Everything!
Last week Jack went on a date to the movies. He said that when they got snacks at the theater his date had ordered “jumbo everything!” We laughed. But those words stayed with me. I often approach life with a big dose of reticence. I’m afraid to dream big, take risks, take up space, make…
hi.
Hi! It’s been a while (a very long while), and I have missed writing. I have missed connecting with you. One day last week I was reading through old blog entries because I remembered I had written something about hope that I wanted to include in the book I am writing (did I just write…
running into the pain
I have many, many thoughts and big feelings about our world right now. I am sitting in my woods at the moment, though, and it’s so peaceful. I hear birds singing and leaves rustling. Sweet Hans, my Great Pyrenees/Anatolian Shepherd, who never lets me venture into these woods alone, is panting beside me, although I…
I hate to hope, but…(Go Chiefs!)
Back in December, Jack tried out for jazz band as a percussionist. He missed the first day of tryouts because he was working on a failed attempt at a sewing project in his FACS class (at this point, literally the week of Christmas break, he had a D in FACS. A D. Because he just…
musings (…on the Chiefs and soup and books and courage and magical doors)
Hello! It’s been a while. First, let’s just get a few things out of the way. Um, well, most importantly of all, the Chiefs won the AFC Championship. As if you likely didn’t already know. I was such a happy girl last night while watching that game (well, once we moved ahead and…
A Flicker of Hope
One dark, early morning last week I stood silently at my bathroom window and listened to the croak of one last frog in our pond, the same kind of frog who is the first to wake up in the spring. It seems like so long ago, but I remember when Matt found me one early…
Pencil Skirts and Sweatpants
We arrived home from Winter Park, Colorado yesterday afternoon. We left two days ago, made it to Hays, Kansas the first evening, and then finished the trek yesterday. We were all incredibly antsy those last miles. We were also, as luck would have it, stuck in Friday afternoon traffic. The last thing any of us…
broken beauty
Yesterday a person I don’t know all that well sent me a message that said, “Just saying hi. You’re really a beautiful soul. How are you?” I kind of wanted to cry a little bit, but instead I tried to cultivate a response to him: …Oh, you really have no idea. {delete} …Oh, not so…
My Clothesline in a Snowstorm
One afternoon a few months ago I was wandering down the baking aisle while grocery shopping. Some guy was standing there examining the spices, and as I walked past him – behind him, mind you – I said, “Excuse me.” He looked at me, smiled, and said, “You know, you have as much of…
20 + C + M + B + 19
When Matt and I were first married, our good friends Neil and Faith showed up at our apartment one day with a gift. It was an extra mixer they had received for a wedding present, if I remember correctly. They tried to make us guess why we were giving them a present. We had no…