Labels
I have lots of these and my favorites are based on my identity in relationships – daughter. sister. aunt. mom. friend. wife. When I am introduced to someone often the labels I am asked for are not the ones based on relationship (perhaps it is too intimate), but rather the identifiers are based on what…
Coffee vs tea
In a class on healthy emotional relationships that I am taking we have been asked to spend time in silence, slowing down our mind and learning to listen. It is hard. It doesn’t feel safe. It is a discipline I need but I am pushing back on relearning it. I am used to fast and…
Fear is a liar
I hate the song with that title on the christian radio but there is truth in the statement. I recently realized the prison of fear that several of my friends are living in. They are so afraid. They see enemies and adversaries everywhere. They worry. They are so negative and defensive as if everyone is…
Glass Ceilings
This week the SBC decided to take steps backward and push women back into the fifties, if not further. They decided to disfellowship any church in their denomination that acknowledged God’s call on a woman’s life and ordained her. They called out a women who had been pastoring a church for over 30 years! Why…
It’s Wedding Week! What to say about marriage?
There are so many examples and similes of marriage, but today I choose to compare marriage to soccer – the beautiful game! 1. When marriage is new it is like a little kids’ soccer game – it takes a while to realize who your teammates are and which direction you need to go. Little kids…
Merism
Merism is a figure of speech in which a combination of two contrasting parts of the whole refer to the whole. It cracked me up to know that this is a word. I don’t know why. Here is an example, in order to say that someone searched everywhere, the merism “searched high and low” could be used as…
Therein Squats the Toad
I just spent the day doing nothing! Seriously nothing. I thought about taking a walk or cleaning and purging. I thought about reading a book and I thought about watching baseball. I napped. I snacked. I ignored my phone and the people who didn’t. I had the TV on in the background and Dharma and…
Sure!
My family has been called out for over use of the word sure! I sure don’t understand why, but I am told it is the “worst” answer to a yes/no question. The belief is that when we use it to answer in the affirmative that we are still on the fence about that yes. Let…
Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics are going on and I am once again mesmerized by the skill, the talent and the inspiration of such focused and driven athletes. Of course to be good at anything, whether it is sports, academics, music, etc. the key is practice. Over and over again. Practice makes progress. And watching others…
Panic Attack Letter (2009)
I wrote this when your dad was first diagnosed with Brain Cancer 13 years ago. I just found it and thought you would get a laugh from it! I was in a bit of a panic at the time so this is very random! Dear Clayton and Emily, I decided to write down some important…