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A Guilty Pleasure that Made Me Think

Posted in Hollywood Gossip, Mother-guilt, Motherhood, Motivation, Only Child, Procrastination, Sadie, Self-image, What I want to be when I grow up, life, perfectionism on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »

So one of my guiltiest pleasures is browsing Hollywood gossip sites. Usually I scan OMG for the picture galleries (I especially like the ‘What Were They Thinking?!‘ gallery…) and today I discovered Parade Magazine’s site. (You know the insert in the Sunday paper written for the over 60 crowd). Of course I had to read [...]

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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 | 5 Comments »

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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Imperfect Action

Posted in Anxiety, Blah, Boredom, Creativity, Freaking Depression, Hang ups, Imperfect Action, Insecurity, Motivation, OCD, Ponderings, Procrastination, Self-image, Things I can't stop talking about, Where are my words, perfectionism on July 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »

It occurred to me in the shower this morning that I am paralyzed by fear. Stuck stock still, feet set in concrete. I’m scared out of my mind. And here is what I am afraid of: that I will never change. That I will always be wondering where my motivation is hiding. Wondering what my [...]

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Why My Self-esteem Doesn’t Depend on a Six Year Old

Posted in Family, Funny, Motherhood, Sadie, Self-image, Silly, Surreal, Well-being, Who am I?, tagged , on November 2, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Sadie: All moms are annoying. Kids don’t want moms.
Me: Hmm. I think kids would really miss moms if they weren’t there.
Sadie: Yeah, maybe other kids don’t want moms, but I do. I just wish you didn’t always tell me what to do. It’s very annoying. How would you feel if I said to you ‘Clean [...]

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Good News

Posted in Family, God, Grace, How I still am a Pharisee, Learning, Losing a sibling, My sister, The afterlife, Well-being, Who am I?, Wonder, death, hope, joy, life, work, tagged , , , on October 27, 2008 | 15 Comments »

So I swiped my sister’s journals while I was home this weekend. I was looking for her CDs (that girl had more music than anyone I know…) and while I was rifling through her stuff (I’m getting used to it now–I don’t feel so much like a scavenger or an intruder) I found the journals. [...]

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Community & Grape Jam

Posted in 7435, Amazing friends, Church, Cleaning, Contentment, God, Grace, Houghton, NY, This rural life, Well-being, Why I should be Amish, Wonder, homemaking, hope, joy, life, work, tagged , , on October 19, 2008 | 10 Comments »

I spent Columbus Day making grape jam with my friend Sunshine. She had picked mountains of Concord grapes at a local vineyard, and since I had already been through the jam-making process once before with Industrious Betsy, I was up for another batch (actually 5 batches…). The kids had the day off of school, and [...]

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Further Up and Further In

Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2008 | 6 Comments »

“They are in a better place now” is the cliche you always hear when someone dies. Cliche or not, the thought of Heaven has been a great comfort to me. I believe Tate IS in a better place. I read some quotes today in a book called When Sorrow Comes by Robert V. Ozment.
“The one [...]

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Viewing/Funeral Info for Stacey “Tate” Smith

Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2008 | 14 Comments »

The viewing for Tate will be Wednesday, Sept. 3rd at Meehan Shilk Funeral Home in Ridgway, Pa. The address is 130 Center Street, and the times will be 2-4pm and 7-9pm.
The funeral will be held Thursday, Sept 4th at 11:00am at the Ridgway Christian Missionary and Alliance Church, 16915 Boot Jack Rd (Route 219). The [...]

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Stacey “Tate” Smith

Posted in Uncategorized on August 30, 2008 | 31 Comments »

This is Dan, Shelley’s husband, posting on her request.  Tate died this evening in the hospital in Pittsburgh.  She had a brain hemorrhage during the night on Friday , and she was taken off life support just a few hours ago.  Shelley was there when this happened with the rest of her family.  Tate was [...]

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Suspended

Posted in Anxiety, Family, Freaking out, My sister, Sad, Surreal, Things I can't stop talking about, Uncategorized on August 26, 2008 | 14 Comments »

I cried a lot today. I had no idea what it felt like to carry a burden of grief around like this. The waiting, dear God, the waiting. I’m unloading the dishwasher and I think ‘Oh. I’ll call Tate.’ (That always makes the task go faster) and then I remember, and I’m almost doubled over [...]

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