My good things are all going to be recent minor incidents that make me think someone bigger than I am is in charge of my life ( Read more... )

I think I failed to write about G's kindness club this year. According to her, there was a girl in her grade (but not in her class) that was being "mean" to other girls (not to G in particular.) This, G and her friend decided, was unacceptable. So they formed a kindness club and thought of ways to make people feel good, including this girl. Every ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a painfully beautiful day ( Read more... )

We went to the U2 concert on Wednesday night. I was grumpy about going, even though I asked for the tickets, because there were so many other things I wanted to do. I would have liked to have gone running (OK, walking). I really really wanted to see Adam's baseball game. We only saw one inning. He was pitching 4th and 5th innings. We "watched" ( Read more... )

Adam is sick. I'm not sure what he has, but since he's already on antibiotics from the ear infection he had last week, I'm going to guess it's a virus and we just need to wait it out. He missed his wax museum performance. Poor kid. After he was sent home on Tuesday with a fever and sore throat, I put in for a sub on Wednesday and stayed home with ( Read more... )

When I was riding to the race on Friday, I was overcome by how beautiful the light was on the damp green world. By the time I arrived near the trail head, I could hardly breathe. I was trying to describe to myself little details, but when I made comparisons I realized that what I was seeing was the primal beauty which every other kind of art or ( Read more... )

Last night, after a day filled with medium goods and temporary frustrations, I lay on my back in bed, my hand in Doug's hand, although he was mostly asleep, and pondered my situation in life. I am not doing anything remarkable here on Earth. Remarkable, that is, to the world at large. But last week, after I posted on Facebook about Adam's ( Read more... )

I've been having one of those lonely and lost feeling mornings. I didn't sleep that well thanks to a prank call at 1:37am. (When I realized it was a prank I hung up immediately, and then I lay in bed thinking of what would have been a better response. How could I tell off the cruel kids that were looking for kicks from making others miserable? ( Read more... )

After lying on the couch for months, letting other people cook the food, take the kids to their activities, and even wash my floors (some favors will never be forgotten) and seeing that life goes on when I am not controlling it, you would think that I would remember that lesson. But apparently there's no end to my humanness ( Read more... )

I don't think I've ever in my life been ready for Lent, and I suppose in some sense that is not surprising. Who can keep up with God? But this year it did at least occur to me a day in advance. I woke up this morning knowing it was Fat Tuesday. I had actually already thought about feasting on fat things; however, I spent most of yesterday in ( Read more... )