This is a story about my friend who, a little less than a year ago, went on her very first overseas mission trip. She went to the Philippines to work at a school and orphanage that our church supports. Of course, even though I have never been there, I peppered her with advice. She needed…Continue reading JELL-O
Category: Sweet
Sappy stories where I gush
The Pseudonym Revealed
I’m taking a little break in Poorganics to do something fun that I’ve been waiting a VERY long time to do. . . . For a while now, J and I have been trying to think of a good “name” for him to have on this blog to give him some anonymity and, of course,…Continue reading The Pseudonym Revealed
Baby’s not a Baby Anymore
We are still in the mountains and sans regular internet, so I am at sprayground area in Cherokee using the wi-fi from a coffee shop. Since I don’t have much time to write a long tearful narrative for Baby’s second birthday, I am linking you up to Baby’s birthday post from last year when she…Continue reading Baby’s not a Baby Anymore
Lessons from PNG rerun
I’ve decided that I’m going to do a post about what I miss about life as a missionary, but just to get you all up to speed (for those of you who didn’t know about that shadowy part of my past), here’s a slightly updated rerun of a post from last August about some of…Continue reading Lessons from PNG rerun
Quite Contrary
When I was in college, one of my professors was, I am 99% sure, the love child of Sybill Trelawney and Cosmo Kramer from Seinfeld. If you are an Asbury alum, you can attest to the truth of what I say. He was willowy and tall with curly, slightly wild dark hair– though “dark” was…Continue reading Quite Contrary
Spare the Rod
Here’s the summary of last week . . .our first week of Summer Program. Monday: Craft Day. We did not do a craft. We cleaned up from the beach, BUT we did have some friends come over so that provided a nice distraction. J had lessons pretty much all day. He has almost a full…Continue reading Spare the Rod
I Love my Dad
(This post was delayed one day because when we returned from the beach, our phone and internet were down. Alas! Therefore, you will have to indulge my belated posting.) When I sat down to write a Father’s Day post for my dad, I didn’t have an overarching theme like I did when I wrote my…Continue reading I Love my Dad
Then Laugh
Spoiler Alert: This post might make you cry. It also might make you laugh. You might do neither of these things; however, I promised that I would provide warnings for my blog posts, so that subscribers of mine who found these posts in their inboxes before work wouldn’t be led down some maudlin and sentimental…Continue reading Then Laugh
Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time there was a girl who loved books. (Have I been watching too much Elmo’s World?) Once upon a time there was a girl who became an English major. It didn’t take long before she subsequently became a grammar nerd and was paid money to edit papers for friends in college. She…Continue reading Once Upon a Time
Contentment Story
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about contentment or the lack thereof. It seems that our culture craves contentment, but gives way to discontent pretty quickly. I, myself, recently dealt with this struggle. Here’s the story. Day 1: The News J comes home and tells me that it is pretty likely his National Board Certification…Continue reading Contentment Story