Most people make Valentine’s about going on a nice date and celebrating their love for a significant other through food, cards, and gifts. Great. Beautiful. Do that. But remember when we were kids and Valentine’s Day meant we got to …
Say It Now
Today I got a message from someone who reads this blog and she said very nice, beautiful, articulate things. I don’t know her extremely well and she didn’t have to say them. She could have just thought them and kept …
Ode to Advent & God Removal
Right now we are in a season of advent. A season in which we remember Emmanuel- God with us. Jesus came not to explain the existence of pain and suffering, nor to rescue us from it. His response to human …
A Green Christmas
I purged. Clorox, Ajax, Windex, Tilex, Frebreze- BE GONE! And then I converted. Just this morning I made an all purpose vinegar cleaning spray, laundry detergent, tile scrub, and hair spray. Most cleaners warn you to wear rubber gloves and …
Gifting
Last week I was working at the mall when a mother and daughter came in to shop for some new clothes. While the mother was browsing, the daughter began a small stack of clothes that she had set behind the …
My Lip Gloss Be Poppin’
I bought my first real tube of lipstick the other day. ‘Real’ implying that, A. I didn’t get it from Target and B. It’s not a color reserved for wearing as part of a costume. This little gold tube has …
“Henri Matisse Looks Like Satan”
Ever since I returned from Uganda I’ve been itching to find a way to more or less continue some of what I was doing there. I have a beautiful, wonderful friend who works with refugees. We ended up getting together …
Do You Know the Poor?
Parental influence and involvement in political activities is one of the largest predictors of where their children’s vote will go. So, this election I’ve been seriously pondering why my political tendencies are different from that of my own family. Politics …
