My dad and I are a lot alike. We love to be right. We’re good at giving advice but don’t often want to take it. We love with our whole hearts but build tough exteriors to keep from getting hurt. We both love a well told story. We have an opinion about everything but won’t always voice it to you. (Sometimes we save it to tell each other.) Our biting sense of humor isn’t for ... Read More
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Healthy Mind, Happy Heart
A few months ago I bought a creeping jenny. I potted her and put her in a very well lit spot in my apartment and gave her water and love. For several weeks, maybe even a month or two, she thrived. She looked like this. Pretty fabulous, right? Then after a while I noticed that her leaves were browning and falling and she was looking worse for wear. I hadn’t changed ... Read More
Choosing Gratitude
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." Ecclesiastes 3:1 Last Wednesday I spent a day of work at an elementary campus. I work at high schools so this isn’t the norm for me. I was working in the counselor’s office when the counselor leans over and says, “There might be a little noise in the hall. Kindergarten is coming through.” My first ... Read More
The Diet Chronicles. Ep1 – The Atkins Diet
Welcome to the Friday edition of the blog. Brought to you by extreme procrastination, the kind that would rival a sloth on holiday. I am finally embarking on The Chronicles of Dieting. Unfortunately, unlike CS Lewis', these chronicles won't take you through a wardrobe into a wondrous, magical land. More like into a pantry in the middle of the night to find that hidden ... Read More
Garden Therapy
I have two very distinct memories of gardening from my childhood. Well, to be fair, I have a multitude of gardening memories but only two where I was actually involved. All the rest are of my mom working tirelessly sun up to sun down in her yard uniform: long sleeve t-shirt, black workout pants, hair in a pony, old tennis, and gardening gloves. Meanwhile I read a book indoors ... Read More
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