Chaos is a funny thing. Sometimes it overwhelms me. The cacophony consumes me. Other times, it swirls about me perfectly choreographed so that it comes ever close but never actually touches me. Like a Square Dance caller who yells “Swing Left” at the ... Read More about Chaotic Musings: Holiday Edition
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Chaotic Musings
As I pen this post, chaos is all around me - literally. Movers are delivering furniture. Tile workers are destroying the kitchen backsplash. A painter is ripping sheets of old wallpaper from the hallway. A woodworker is staining the stairs. The ... Read More about Chaotic Musings
Milestones!
This week has been crazy with a move from Minnesota to Ohio. Somewhere in the midst of all the chaos, you guys helped this little blog reach a big milestone. Over 10,000 visitors have journeyed through the site. “For it is in giving that we ... Read More about Milestones!
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Some of my fondest memories growing up in the late 70s was when my daddy took on the role of “human jukebox.” We didn’t call it that back then, but that’s what he did. We'd all sit around the turntable as he'd carefully slip away the album ... Read More about Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Half-Way Home
Until last year when my husband and I moved to Minneapolis, I had never lived more than a few hours from “home” – meaning the place where I was born and raised. To be honest, Minneapolis would have been pretty far down a list of choice relocations. ... Read More about Half-Way Home
A Cell with No Lock
A lot of people have great conversion stories. I’m not one of those people. I wish that I were, but my “conversion” story is pretty mundane. Church is woven through every memory I have. Church for me was just a part of growing up like going to school ... Read More about A Cell with No Lock