Once upon a time, there was a girl who wasn’t a runner. She didn’t run the inaugural Fairview Half Marathon the year before, and certainly didn’t sign up to run it again, a day after her birthday. A birthday that, incidentally, bumped her up into the next age bracket. You can imagine her non-excitement… Continue reading Only Half Crazy: Another non-running story
Author: Debbi
Build a Better Birthday
When you’re a kid, you don’t really pay attention to days on the calendar. They’re all pretty much the same: boring white squares with numbers in the corner that get filled with Mom and Dad’s chicken scratch and occasionally cause their blood pressure to rise. But there are three days that actually matter. Three days… Continue reading Build a Better Birthday
STAAR-struck
It’s the day every grade-school student in Texas dreads: STAAR testing. For those of you who reside beyond the borders of the Great State of Texas, and even for those who reside inside the borders of the Great State of Texas but who have no clue what the acronym really means, STAAR is the State… Continue reading STAAR-struck
They call me Ninja Blanco
Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose Hapkido skills were the stuff of legend. She was so powerful, in fact, that her opponents would go blind from over-exposure to pure awesomeness! She wore her awesome white pajamas that made her kick real hard and punch real fast and yell real loud. And if you… Continue reading They call me Ninja Blanco
Red-Letter Days
Well, it happened again. Right there in Dunkin Donuts this morning, while I was enjoying an oh-so-good vanilla chai and an oh-not-so-good chocolate mint oreo donut. Serves me right for eating carbs AND refined sugar, I know. But right there, in mid-bite, it happened: I had one of those “apostrophe” things. Smee: I’ve just had… Continue reading Red-Letter Days
Bully for You
“You know, you should really pray about your thighs.” What? I stood there in disbelief, dumbfounded. My tongue was tied, my brain on overdrive. “What do you mean?” I managed to squeak out. “Well, you know the Bible says, ‘If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain… Continue reading Bully for You
“Goal” Post – The Year in Review
Well, 2013 is in its final, waning hours. The year that for many of my friends was truly an “unlucky” 13th is poised to bid us a not-so-fond farewell. We stand on the threshold of a shiny new year, a clean slate of 365 days that stretches before us with promises of new beginnings, renewed… Continue reading “Goal” Post – The Year in Review
The First Word of Christmas
I know Christ will always be in Christmas because He is the first word. So read the message my daughter wrote in her Christmas card to our pastor. And once again, just like that, God spoke His truth out of the mouth – or the pen – of a child. I know what she meant. … Continue reading The First Word of Christmas
What Matters Most
Hoo-boy. What a week. And not in that “Christmas-is-a-week-away-and-I’m-not-done-with-my-shopping” sort of way. No, this is far more serious. It’s been a week where “peace on earth, goodwill toward men” has been replaced by division and strife, and ugly words – words like “racist”, “intolerant”, “hater”, to name a few – have been hurled across social… Continue reading What Matters Most
Redefining Heroism
Who is your hero? My future principal sat across the desk from me, pen in hand, a giant 3-ring binder in her lap. She looked at me expectantly, as the tape recorder whirred in between us. I was interviewing for a potential teaching position in her district – ideally, in her school – and my… Continue reading Redefining Heroism