Ever learned another language? Doing so forces you to confront what you thought you knew about your native language. I remember when I was first learning French and always got confused about where to put the adjectives. But it’s not like that in English, I tried to complain. Apparently it is. I just didn’t know […]
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Because we’re all worth it…
I stopped into our local UPS store one day to close the box we used as a temporary home for our mail when we were in between (literally and figuratively) the east and west coasts this summer. I’d found the employees there to be more pleasant than most and this trip was no exception. As […]
Social Media’s Teen Years and Public Debate
I’ve been using social media for a decade now. I can still remember some of my first posts, where I wrote stuff like, “Going to Target now. Gotta get some milk.” Wow. So profound. Or how about this one: “Just got back from picking the girls up for school. Now begins the homework rush.” Yeah, […]
You Hold It All
This year, our church in South Carolina has been using a four-part daily Bible reading plan: Read | Sing | Pray | Ask. I’ve continued with this plan, even after moving across the country, because I love the simplicity and diversity of it. Each day, we read a single chapter, then each week we sing […]
Why I’m celebrating the college drop-off*
Well, we did it. We made it 18 years and dropped our first-born off at college. There are so many thoughts going through my head about this college drop-off that I realized it was time to write some down. I have three main points I’d like to make. *Note: this is about college drop-offs, not […]
So you can teach an old dog new tricks
Moving to a new house in a new state is a good reason to write a post about new stuff. So, without further ado, here’s the top ten new things I’ve learned since moving to California. I really don’t have to wash my “oily” hair every day. A stylist here told me I needed to […]