Summer Sabbath is what my church calls That Time In The Summer When Everyone Is Away. It is also my favorite time of the church year because we all cram into the church for one service. Usually we have three services–one contemporary, one traditional, and one for the college students–and I don’t especially like to [...]
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Summer Sabbath
Posted in Bizarre, Church, Community, Family, Funny, Grace, Houghton, Houghton Wesleyan Church, Sadie, Silly, Surreal, This rural life, Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Reprieve
Posted in Calling, Community, Contentment, death, God, Grace, Grief, hope, Houghton, joy, Learning, life, Losing a sibling, Motivation, My sister, NY, Ponderings, Procrastination, Running, Surreal, The outdoors, This rural life, Transition, Well-being, Wonder, tagged God, Grief, joy, Losing a sibling, Peace, Running on October 9, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I started running after my sister died. Well, running is a little ambitious to describe it. Let’s just say someone walking at a very brisk pace could lap me repeatedly. I always thought I hated running, but somehow–right now–it is the only thing that seems to make sense to me. When I’m running, I feel [...]
Good For What Ails Ya
Posted in Amazing friends, Community, Funny, God, Grace, Mental health issues, Motivation, Running, Well-being on September 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’m feeling a little better today. Although Dan has been telling me for YEARS, and every book on depression mentions EXERCISE, I finally have begun a routine. I have been sporadic for years with exercise, but thanks to some great motivational friends here, I have been reaping some benefits of those wonderful endorphins. I never [...]
Roller Coaster
Posted in Amazing friends, Anxiety, Arkansas, coffee, Community, Freaking out, God, Grace, homemaking, Houghton, Insecurity, Moving, NY, Ponderings, Sad, Sadie, This rural life, Transition, Uncategorized, Well-being, Wonder on August 7, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Roller Coaster is so cliche, but it fittingly describes my summer. When we first arrived in NY I felt this sense of home–a comfortable familiar even though we we’ve been away from this town for 11 years. I was in wonderland–a cool breezy land of green enchantment. The trees, of course, but also the people. [...]
Movin’ In
Posted in Community, Contentment, God, Grace, Houghton, Moving, Providence, The outdoors, Uncategorized, Well-being, Wonder on June 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »
A few pictures of our journey so far: (when we finally found the camera!) I love our new house. I call it The Treehouse. My favorite thing to do is sit out on the back deck. I am decompressing here. I can’t believe how peaceful, how rested, I feel. Of course it’s maddening to have [...]
Pray!
Posted in Amazing friends, Cleaning, Community, God, homemaking, House Muse, Motivation, Moving, NY, Providence, Selling the house, Things I can't stop talking about, Yikes! on June 2, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Quick update… Three families are looking at our house today. At least one of the three is so interested they are going to the bank, and may have an offer for us. We leave in 5.4 days. Talk about the 11th hour. Thanks, dear ones, for praying. Now I must speed to make the house [...]
Precarious
Posted in Anxiety, Arkansas, coffee, Community, God, Grace, Motivation, Moving, NY, Ponderings, Sad, Selling the house, Things I can't stop talking about on May 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’d like to say I haven’t posted in a while because I’ve been busy, but that is just not true. I’ve been rather mopey–wandering around the house wondering what I’m supposed to be doing. We had the whirlwind of getting ready to show the house and my adrenaline was running high, and now it’s like [...]
Moving Ramble
Posted in Amazing friends, Arkansas, Calling, coffee, Community, Contentment, God, Grace, Learning, Moving, NY, Ponderings, Sad, Sadie, Selling the house, Uncategorized, Yikes! on May 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
So it’s just the oddest thing. The way God changes things. I have this vivid memory of sitting in Dan’s office at Houghton in 1997, digging up anything I could find about Siloam Springs, the town we would be soon moving to. I couldn’t surf the web at home, all we could access there was [...]
Moving!
Posted in Arkansas, Calling, Community, Contentment, Family, homemaking, Moving, Yikes! on April 5, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Here’s the REAL reason I haven’t been blogging lately: I’ve known since January 31st that there was a possibility that we might be moving to New York State because of a job that Dan was interested in. For three months now, ALL I have been able to think about is moving back to the Northeast. [...]
Spring Break
Posted in Amazing friends, Anxiety, Community, Creativity, Family, Funny, homemaking, House Muse, Mental health issues, OCD, Silly on March 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Since I’m beyond remembering what was significant about the post I lost, I’ll just move on. I haven’t been posting for awhile because 1) I’ve been wheezy sick. If I laugh a little bit, I sound like I’ve been smoking for 100 years (and I don’t smoke, except for that one time in college when [...]
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