This beautiful exchange

1. Eat less
2. Don’t ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don’t hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don’t smoke or drink
8. Don’t have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don’t want to wear your [...]

What I didn’t realize at that moment, was that there was even more heartache to come. I had lost my church, my ministry, and my job, but I was also about to lose my friends, my closest community. In the following days, I was accused of living in denial and turned away because I was [...]

Finding friends in Charlotte has been a very slow process. Much of it has to do with the fact that neither of us work out of the home so our only regular contact with people is at church on Sundays. We have gone out to eat a couple of times with a couple from church. [...]

While talking about future plans.
him: Why do you want to be a mommy?
me: I don’t know. I just do.
him: You mean the dog’s not enough?
me: Well, he won’t let me pick him up and carry him around anymore.
him: Do you like to feed the dog?
me: Sometimes.
him: Well, then you probably won’t like being a mommy.
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I first saw this on a fellow blogger’s site. Thanks, Kestrel!!
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This week I made a fresh peach pie. We bought the peaches at the farmer’s market on Saturday. This was my second attempt at making something yummy with peaches. A couple weeks ago I attempted a peach cobbler. However, I think I added too many peaches because the dough was not able to rise. It [...]

“What’s your dream job?”
“Well, I’d like to do something with music, and missions, and being a mommy. What about you?”
“Mathematician, sprint car driver, author, Navy S.E.A.L., professional baseball player. Basically, a combination of Good Will Hunting and Bruce Lee. I could kick ass and solve problems.”
Why is it that men seem to be much bigger [...]

One of my favorite things to do is to take extended bike rides with Tony. And, I don’t mean the two-wheelers that you peddle. I’m talking about oil and grease and some of America’s finest metal that make up the Harley-Davidson. I enjoy these rides for a few reasons.
1. I like strong shoulders. So, while [...]

When we lack certain pieces of information, we tend to connect the dots in the most pathological way.
I heard this quote yesterday and found it to be very interesting and very fitting for my life at times. The preacher-man couldn’t remember exactly where he read the quote, but knew that it came from some psychology [...]

The top three reasons I like hotdogs are…
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Here’s a picture of a hot dog.
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