I’ve been running quite a bit lately – working my way up to 15 miles for the 25k in early May. There’s nothing to keep you moving and focused during the frustrating months of spring (especially while waiting for a house to be built) like training for a race. I keep telling myself that by […]
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A solid foundation
Today, was a brilliantly sunny, happy day. This morning, the kids and I stood on our new street watching a digger begin to carve out the foundation for our new home. The construction worker waved at us as we happily stood next to our car imagining the fun we will have on this street starting […]
The Year of the Impossible
I’ve been thinking about the past year. It’s been a wild ride. And when I think about that wild ride, I see one definite theme – the impossible becoming possible. I can’t help but think of the Bible verse “With God all things are possible.” A year ago this time, The Narrator and I were […]
The Grace-filled Pressure Cooker
I remember being fascinated with my mom’s pressure cooker. She’d pull the gray pan and all its contraptions out on Sundays to cook up some potatoes that would be mashed to a creamy, delicious pulp. I’d stand at the edge of the kitchen waiting for the pressure cooker to start screaming, signaling that the potatoes […]
Six months and counting
It’s been a little over six months since we listed our house for sale, packed our belongings into boxes and headed to Michigan. Six months. So much has happened in that time period, and yet not much has happened all at the same time. It’s been difficult to find the mental energy to blog. I […]
May flowers
Well, apparently April snow showers do bring May flowers. It’s been exciting to look out the picture window every morning and see the change in scenery. I’ve been most intrigued by the trees. The grass was so green, sprinkled with yellow dandelions and in need of a fresh cutting, but the trees were still so […]