Do you feel like a lot of things in life are lose-lose choices? Usually I say, “No way! Things in life are as-is or win-win!” Are you a glass half-full or a glass half-empty kinda person? Again, I’d normally answer, “Glass half-full, duh! That’s a much happier way to look at things, and it’s all … Continue reading Win-Win
Um… Hi old friends…. This is kind of awkward… Long time no see…. Right? What’s up? Did we drop off a cliff? Well… to be honest we have climbed many cliffs, but none in which we have accidently dropped to our doom. We are still alive. We are still here! The last Seminary Wife post … Continue reading Happy
Every mom has her classic diaper blow-out story. I will try to spare you the details, but let’s just say I found my one-year-old unzipping her pajamas to reveal a 30 minute nightmare of cleaning – the child, the carpet, the bathtub, the hallway, and the toys scattered around the crime scene… all two hours … Continue reading God Sees
I woke up this morning feeling like I had a spiritual hang-over. Last night’s occasion and conversation left my spirit in high alert and anticipatory angst, and I woke up scratching my head in a dizzying grog. Words and ideas are swarming my head like a cloud of busy bees with no hive to call … Continue reading Church
I literally, with part desperation and part faith, peeled the blinds back, gazed out into the clouds and prayed, “Lord! Please! Just give me an answer! Just write it in the clouds! I know you can!” I knew it was a silly prayer. But I prayed it none-the-less, knowing that the Lord could very well … Continue reading Message in the clouds
Have you ever looked closely at ivy climbing up a wall? I have always loved the vibes of ivy-covered surfaces. Every senior in the last two decades probably has a posed picture in front of a wall of ivy. It's a beautiful phenomenon. The ivy I mean. Not the senior. Well, I'm sure the senior … Continue reading Ivy
Gosh. It’s been like a million years since I’ve had a moment to breathe and contemplate life again. It’s also been like a million years since I have wanted to sit down and contemplate life again. My poetic, romantic, reflective inspirations of the past year seem to have vanished as soon as we moved. Writing? … Continue reading (Mostly) Normal
Everyone keeps asking if we are “settled in” yet. “We are physically settled in. But we are yet to be emotionally settled in,” I reply. What really does “settled” mean anyway? When I hear that word, I actually first think of it as a science word. I have in my mind a raging river, carrying … Continue reading Settling
Lois, our 16 month old, has grown into bad habits of picky-eating dinner drama. She also has a bad case of dinner envy (meaning she only wants to eat food on other people’s plates). Upon placing her in her highchair she will have already made up her mind on what she should eat, how she … Continue reading Dinner Drama
It’s been 12 days since officially moving up to Minnesota. I remember the days when life was slow and I could blog all the “important” milestones about seminary like getting accepted, meeting fellow students on Zoom, and selling our house. But just as I predicted, the biggest milestone— the ACTUAL MOVING PART— has come and … Continue reading Wild Pie
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