Well, now. 34 posts is a lot of posts! I feel like I’ve had much to say in the last month and a half. One would think I might have run out of things to say, but wait! There’s more! I actually have a list of concluding thoughts. Yes, a list. 1) You are all […]
If you read this blog somewhat regularly, I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that I love books. I really, really love books. I used to love fiction books, but have given up that obsession, because obsessions are exhausting. I can’t stop reading fiction. I get really into a good book, and before you know […]
Because Ben is amazing, we have a new photo gallery up at our house. Hmm, that makes it sound like he was the one busily arranging frames and choosing pictures….His amazingness was actually shown in the fact that he humored me for three hours of intense measuring, marking, leveling and hanging up pictures, which is […]
If I have a hope, it’s that God sat over the dark nothing and wrote you and me, specifically, into the story and put us in with the sunset and the rainstorm as though to say, Enjoy your place in my story. The beauty of it means you matter, and you can create within it […]
I read something yesterday that I really liked: When we look back on our lives, what we will remember are the crazy things we did, the times we worked harder to make a day stand out. (p. 208-209, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years) A good movie has memorable scenes, and so does a good life. […]
Well, we are finally here. And the question most often asked now is, “How was your move?” Um…well…it was a move! Some chaos, some sad good-byes, some exciting beginnings, some exhaustion, some new house to clean, some boxes we’ll be unpacking for weeks to come. The first couple of days, I was really excited to […]
Ordinary Days 