My spirit had been unsettled for a couple of days. I was feeling irritated, stirred up, maybe even angry, but I couldn’t put my finger on why. Why all this strong emotion? Why did it feel like I needed a cathartic cry? What was happening? Have my hormones finally and fully turned against me? I… Read More Good Friday Identity Politics
And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt. Luke 18:9 The italics are mine, and I am “some people.” self-righteous: convinced of one’s own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic. contempt: the feeling… Read More Some People
Seven years ago this month, I was “tagged” by a real and bloggy friend to write down 12 random Christmas facts about myself. Kayla was browsing through my blog a few days ago and found the list. She thought it was very funny and asked me to read it aloud. When I refused, she started… Read More Christmas Randomness
My schoolroom yesterday I already told you that I did not do so well on my very first quiz in my graduate school career. But what I didn’t tell you was that I failed the quiz. I got a 50%. Out of a possible 100% ~ just to clarify. I also didn’t tell you how… Read More “Adult Learner” or OCD? (or both?)
About to get on a plane back to Massachusetts this morning. These were my thoughts on the flight to Texas last week… Cruising near 30,000ft on my way from Massachusetts to Texas via Chicago. Time to take Kory back to Baylor for his sophomore year. From my window seat the sky is blue, the clouds are… Read More Through the Clouds
My husband just confronted me about something I said to my children recently. And for the record, this hardly ever happens, his correcting me or having issue with something I’ve said or done, that is. In fact, I’ve worried before that he was secretly harboring all kinds of ill will and complaints against me and… Read More I Dare Not Trust
About four years ago I was talking on the phone with a friend, sharing my then deep struggle with depression, weariness, and general malaise. It was a difficult time for me. It’s not that those emotions were totally foreign to my overall melancholic tendencies and personality (Is this why my name shares so many letters… Read More Dream Come True 2
Twas the night before my birthday, and all through my abode Lots of teenagers stirred, friends new and old The dishes were washed, dried, returned to their places In hopes that tomorrow would be easy, slow-paced The electric blanket turned on, the bathwater running A magazine and epsom salts awaited for soaking Kayla in her… Read More Twas The Night Before My Birthday…
I remember my grandmother sitting on the floor in the hallway, her face in a strapped contraption attached to bungee-cord-like ropes that somehow hooked to the her bedroom door frame. When I inquired about this strange practice, she informed me she was doing a “face-lift.” I suppose it was the 1970’s answer to plastic surgery,… Read More Not Plastic Surgery, But Cardiac {Lent Day #37}
TO BE ALL ALONE IN HER OWN HOME! Now, don’t get me wrong. A big part of the choice to homeschool was so that our kids would be HOME, and with Robert and me a majority of the time. Ironically, though, I consider this to be the most difficult part of homeschooling ~ that everyone… Read More A Homeschool Mom’s Fantasy?