I'm feeling a little weepie today. i'm not sure why, i just know that when i saw a lady who looks a lot like my mom handing out free samples at chick-fil-a, i wept. it was a pretty ugly cry too, the kind where people stare at you, not sure whether to run the other way or ask if you need help. thank goodness my car was not far away ( Read more... )

what a crazy week! this time last week, i had just gotten word that i would indeed be ordained a deacon this annual conference. It was hard to be happy though, not all my friends will be standing there with me... i don't know what else to say about that...it's been a long time coming ( Read more... )

so, we're wrapping up our second month, er, day at koinonia. it's been long but its been good. it's just so out of the norm. there are parts of this weekend that have been so inspiring and i've been able to glean off the wisdom of seasoned community members; and then i come back to the room to hear a group of students laughing at the expense of ( Read more... )

oh my goodness! i just realized that today is the 15th anniversary of the torndado that lifted my church off it's foundation, shifted it about three feet before sitting it back down. the same tornado had just leveled a church down the road, our sister church, and injured many of my friends and family and had taken a few forever. that's surreal ( Read more... )

it has been a long day. i got up this morning and went for a swim. that is my most effective form of meditation and on days when i don't get to the pool, i feel it spiritually as well as physically. so, knowing that i would be spending a storyteller's dream weekend but an introvert's nightmare weekend, i thought it best to do at least 25 laps. ( Read more... )

it's no secret how i hate the yella fella and his gawd forsaken commercials. they are ridiculous! how in the world is acting like a bad ass and having a barroom brawl persuading me to purchase treated wood??? i don't understand it. i HATE it ( Read more... )

my calves are sore! i went to a aqua fit class last night! it was great! i'm only a little worried that i'm this sore and i'm signed up for a bike clinic tomorrow. They're going to teach me how to ride a bicycle ( Read more... )

has anyone seen the movie "the visitor" besides me? it is heartwrenching. it's about love and deportation. that sounds weird, but it's true. another story about how you never really know someone...the person at the desk next to you, in line in the grocery store in front of you, walking toward you in the park...until they let you know them. ( Read more... )

my dad's birthday was last friday. i asked what he wanted. he told me listerine. that is either very very sad, or the definition of "contentment".

i got him some...blue.

please! Please!! PLEASE!!! tell me that you saw the news story about the lady whose boyfriend tried to shoot her and the bullet got stuck in her weave. Her quote: "i've had it for years. I've invested a lot of money in this weave, but i never expected it to save my life!!!" i am so happy ( Read more... )