In the past couple weeks, three or more people have asked me if I'm going into education, and when I say no, they've acted really surprised and told me I should think about it because they think it fits me. And the more I think about it the more the idea appeals to me. I picked the wrong school, though, if that ends up being the case. Just ( Read more... )

Frequently, when Gary and I hang out, we need to go to Kroger to procure needed ingredients for various delicious things we are making. Typically, this happens around 10:30 pm. Almost always, we have around four ingredients, which allows us to go into the express lane. You would think this would be great, however, at 10:30 pm, nearly every day, Pat ( Read more... )

Overheard at Colony last night, in a conversation between two nine year old girls ( Read more... )

Recently I've been thinking a lot about how long I've lived here. (It was prompted when I had to answer a question on a background check for church, which kind of made me laugh.) I've now lived in Michigan longer than anywhere else; it'll be eight years (!) in July. It's so weird to think about how quickly that flew by. Some instances really feel ( Read more... )

For the past three nights, I've woken up in the four o'clock hour for no apparent reason ( Read more... )

Warning: this may be a little depressing ( Read more... )

I think C.S. Lewis is perfectly brilliant and basically love his writing. Current fave quote I ran across (from The Four Loves):

"In a perfect Friendship this Appreciative love is, I think, often so great and so firmly based that each member of the circle feels, in his secret heart, humbled before all the rest. Sometimes he wonders what he is doing ( Read more... )

You Are Sunrise
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I recently read the biography of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, and I'm so impressed by her life. This is one of my favorite quotes from her; it was written in a letter to her husband. (The font is fancy because I'd typed it up to put on my wall before I posted it here)

Smile at God, from whom every gift comes to us;

Smile at the Father with ever more ( Read more... )

This summer I will:

WATCH
lots of World Cup soccer
Saving Private Ryan
Band of Brothers
Rosenstrasse
Das Wunder von Bern
The Passion of Christ
Braveheart
Schindler's List
Dreamer
Chocolat
Therese
Pride & Prejudice (the new one)
The Chronicles of Narnia

READ
Mr. Blue
The Four Loves - C.S. Lewis
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
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