It’s Happy Mother’s Day, and I am one happy mother. Not just because I get to enjoy sloppy kisses from my darling children. Not just because I get to wear the name “mom.” And not even just because they give me gifts like this, to show their support of the things I love to do.… Continue reading Fellowship of the Ring
Really? For Life?
Let the hunt begin…and end
It was a day of firsts…and lasts. Crisana’s very first Promiseland Easter Egg Hunt. And, at the same time, her very last Promiseland Easter Egg Hunt. Perhaps I should explain a bit. We’ve participated in Easter Egg Hunts with our church before. When our children were very little, we took part in PCBC’s Resurrection Parties… Continue reading Let the hunt begin…and end
Taking Time to Smell the…Bluebonnets?
April showers bring May flowers. Or so the beloved children’s rhyme goes. But here in Texas, April’s not often so showery, and by May the flowers have withered under the already-scorching summer sun. Instead, what April brings is bluebonnets, the Texas state flower, and lots of ’em. Especially in the famed “Hill Country”, whose northern… Continue reading Taking Time to Smell the…Bluebonnets?
Only Half Crazy: Another non-running story
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
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