Sometimes I just want to throw up the badness. Or, I wish I could find the Depression-Off-Switch. At least I’d like to get some kind of schedule of WHEN I am going to feel horrible. I don’t even know what it is. The grey skies? The holidays without Tate? The tuna melt I had for [...]
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I don’t even know.
Posted in Complaints, Freaking Depression, Grief, Losing a sibling, Mental health issues, My Yellow Tambourine, Sad, Well-being on December 10, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Why My Self-esteem Doesn’t Depend on a Six Year Old
Posted in Family, Funny, Motherhood, Sadie, Self-image, Silly, Surreal, Uncategorized, Well-being, Who am I?, tagged Motherhhood, Rolling My Eyes 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 [...]
Good News
Posted in death, Family, God, Grace, hope, How I still am a Pharisee, joy, Learning, life, Losing a sibling, My sister, The afterlife, Uncategorized, Well-being, Who am I?, Wonder, work, tagged Blown Away, God, Grace, Losing a sibling 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. [...]
Community & Grape Jam
Posted in 7435, Amazing friends, Church, Cleaning, Contentment, God, Grace, homemaking, hope, Houghton, joy, life, NY, This rural life, Uncategorized, Well-being, Why I should be Amish, Wonder, work, tagged Community, Friends, Grape Jam 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 [...]
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. [...]
Ode to the Trees
Posted in Contentment, Houghton, Moving, NY, Ponderings, Providence, Solitude, Surreal, The outdoors, This rural life, Well-being, Wonder on July 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The cataclysmic event of moving across the country and settling into new routines, new church, new friends, new temperatures, new LIFE–leaves me with so much to say I don’t know where to start. So I’ll begin with a word: GRATEFUL. Grateful for so much. But first for the trees. I forgot about trees. I forgot [...]
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 [...]
Sometimes…
Posted in Arkansas, Boredom, Cleaning, coffee, homemaking, Sad, Well-being, work on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
There is not enough coffee in the world. I’m going to go get some more. I heard they have Starbucks downstairs. I’ll miss working at JBU.
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