Moving is tough- especially when you’re a three year old and don’t understand the concepts of time or distance. I knew that once fall hit & our hectic travel schedule ceased we’d start to feel that we really have moved. Well, this week it feels like we have moved. I’ve moved a few times in … Continue reading »
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the mother of all days
Mother’s day is smack in the middle of the two weeks that Dave is away doing leadership training for students with the organization we work for- InterVarsity. It’s probably one of the most fun, stressful, exhausting and rewarding weeks of our year where we get to meet hundreds of students from across the midwest, see … Continue reading »
Raise your hand IF…You have Crazy Mom disease
My Friend Lisa posted this blog recently & I found myself feeling similar sentiments recently. You can check her out at: http://haller4307.xanga.com/726517508/raise-your-hand-ifyou-have-crazy-mom-disease/ I’ve been trying to hold it together while Dave is away for work for the next two weeks & I am home caring for Reuben, packing our house to move in a month, … Continue reading »
mom moments
Have you ever heard the story about the mom who was invited to a dinner at the white house to receive some award and in her nervousness began cutting the meat on a senators plate because she was on auto-pilot from doing it so often with her own kids? She was mortified, the senator was … Continue reading »
friday fluff- friends!
The first time I met Gracee Biskie we were attending new staff training as rookies with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The training was about multi-ethnicity and how to help students learn about what scripture says about diversity. As a bi-racial woman from Detroit who had experienced a ton of racism throughout her life she was in … Continue reading »
what gets in the way of your happiness?
When I was in college, my roommate Marla stressed about finding a major exclaimed in frustration; “I wish we were back in the old days of women just having to choose if they wanted to be a nurse or a teacher! There are just too many options!” At the time, I chided her for not … Continue reading »
enter the chaos
I stared at the painting for a full three minutes before I became self-conscious of the desk attendant wondering if I had entered into some sort of trance. Even after moving on to look at some of the other paintings, capturing the essence of Jesus’ ministry in scripture I kept wandering back to snatch glimpses … Continue reading »
the sweet escape
Stopping to fuel up my jetta with diesel fuel on 1-96 and grabbing a ginormous box of good n’ plenty’s for the road, I drove through the darkened farmland of Michigan to Wheaton, IL where I’ll spend the week in class learning about the history of evangelicalism and the theology of the gospel for the … Continue reading »
I guess I can’t see the harm in working and being a mama
This is one of the lyrics I love in Brittney’s song “you want a piece of me?” partly because as a working mom, I feel like everyone wants a piece of me, yet I enjoy working and being a mom! Any other mama’s feel like this? It’s a complex choice that is simultaneously rewarding and … Continue reading »
my husband, single dad
This month I’ve been on a lot of trips for work meaning that Dave has both been asking for more help with caring for our son Reuben and watching him more. Let me say that I have no qualms whatsoever leaving Dave as the primary caregiver of Reuben. He is an awesome Dad that takes … Continue reading »
