I have always had what I call a healthy self esteem. Despite being overweight since puberty (but was I though? like, my memory tells me I was chunky in high school but when I look back at pictures I don't see it), I've never felt, or at least never felt that I felt, less than … Continue reading Being fat, Fab 5, and living in tension
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The Desires of My Heart
Yesterday I was in Target and, as one does, I took a stroll through the clearance section at the front of the store. I thought, "I should see if there's anything that would be good for my classroom." Then I thought, "Holy smokes! In two months I'm going to have a classroom again!" This past … Continue reading The Desires of My Heart
Someone
I updated my 2016 Goals to include blogging at least once a week. I did post on Sunday, which would count as my one time for this week, but I had this little diddy sitting around on my desktop waiting to be read. Sometimes you meet someone important. They stick out in your memory and in … Continue reading Someone
Here’s the thing about the passing of time
I finally got TimeHop and it's got me thinking about the passing of time. Last week this little guy popped up on my TimeHop: Three years ago this month I graduated from college! Which means eight years ago next month I graduated from high school and three months from now I will celebrate three years … Continue reading Here’s the thing about the passing of time
Here’s the thing about husband-babies-future balls of yarn
I've been trying to convince myself that it's okay that I haven't been writing lately. That it's not a big deal that I have four abandoned novels whose characters keep popping up in my thoughts and dreams. Who cares that I haven't written a blog post in a week? Not me! No big deal! I've … Continue reading Here’s the thing about husband-babies-future balls of yarn
Here’s the the thing about prayer
Isn’t it awesome/annoying how God’s always right?For the past couple of weeks I have been obsessing about the future. Who am I going to marry? Where are we going to live? Are we going to adopt kids? How many? How long will I be teaching first grade at The Palms? Should I move? Should I … Continue reading Here’s the the thing about prayer
Here’s the thing about the big green monster
I'm really good at being excited for people when they get engaged. I'm really good at being excited for people when they get a new, exciting job. I'm SUPER good at being excited for people when they get a new kitty cat or puppy dog. I'm really good at being excited for people (and also … Continue reading Here’s the thing about the big green monster
