Caleb and I just returned from a week-long work trip to Fort Collins, Colorado. He changed so much in just that one week that it was almost like playing with a whole new baby when he and Gerry were reunited last night!

• There's the tooth ... it went from a white dot the size of a period to a full-fledged, razor-sharp fang.
• There's his sitting ( Read more... )

The weekend has been far busier than I expected, and I'm only now getting the change to sit at the computer and write out some thoughts. So much has happened in just three short days!

Friday:Gerry greeted me at the door with flowers after work. So sweet! I sat down immediately to finish hemming a dress for one of my girls who needed it for Winter ( Read more... )

I stayed in a house on a hill for a while with my family, looking down on this hill in the picture, when I was five four years old. I remember having a maid who would read stories to me at night as I tried to fall asleep. I remember the little boy on the street who had monkeys I wanted to befriend. I remember the long stairs down to the road. I ( Read more... )

I am hoping to never get sucked into the craze that is Twitter. Seriously, I cringe just thinking about it. The general concept of microblogging, however, is an interesting one ... I do understand how it can be an art of its own ( Read more... )

I'm back from California, and mostly rested up after taking a surprise sick day from work. It's pollen season in Florida, which can really do a number on me physically ( Read more... )

I have the skeletons of half a dozen journal entries written at any given time, stashed away for a time when I can revisit them with greater mental acuity. But usually what ends up happening is that I forget that they exist and ... la la la la la la ... many months later I discover them and barely remember what my half-thoughts mean ( Read more... )

While checking into the hotel here in Vincennes a few minutes ago, we saw Aaron in the lobby! It was ... live and in person ... Aaron. So weird. So surreal. We decided not to go up to him and say hi because, what, what are we supposed to say?

"HAI! WE SAW UR PICTURE ON TEH INTERNETZ!"


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The spiritual thing to say = It was all God!

Reality = We've been having meetings with a consultant about how to manipulate people speak in frameworks that encourage people to work with us. God used the consultant stuff that I learned pretty specifically in bringing resolution to the situation with our lost-and-found bag ( Read more... )

For several moments yesterday, I wished that I was journeyto. Airline stuff. Yucko! But then it ended up being okay that I was unseenjoy. And I thanked God for making me me.

Wednesday, 2:15 p.m. - Got a call at work from US Airways. "Yeah, we were cleaning out our upstairs area and found a bag that has your tag." Funny, because none of my four guys who are ( Read more... )