Since I moved into my own apartment with Justin, I feel like I'm constantly, consciously remembering all the tips my mom gave me growing up. Here's some stuff my mom's given me over the years, along with some of Toni (my m-in-law)'s stuff as well. 🙂 Don't leave the house without a sweater. Admittedly, I… Continue reading Things I Learned From Mom and My Valentine

I keep thinking of our neighbor and her dog. I always remember the dog's name, Jackie, because I hear it yelled so often. But I can never remember my neighbor's name. She's just a sweet old lady who always seems to have an unending amount of laundry to do, because I can see it piling… Continue reading In the Dark

Halloween came and went, and Justin and I didn't get any trick-or-treaters this year. I think this was our first Halloween at home, watching a Vincent Price movie, eating cookie dough. Justin fell asleep partially on my side, Ruby on my other side. I looked up fun facts about Mr. Price the closer the movie… Continue reading All the Things

It's a beautiful Fall day, and as I was taking the garbage out earlier I saw a smashed up birthday cake in the dumpster, bees buzzing around it. There were left over party bags, a storage container, a table. Is it weird how taking the garbage out reminds me just how many people live here,… Continue reading Birthday Cake

It hit me today that the Lord is my shield even when I am wrong. He is the prosecutor and the defense. I'm not always righteous, but even when I'm not, he never fails to defend me any way. Don't misunderstand me. I think that God always convicts us at our heart's core when we've made a… Continue reading The Lord Knows

I was never really a big fan of summer. It's hot. My thighs stick together. In times past I have a tendency to feel lonely, or bored, or without purpose. It's kind of a strange time of year, I mean, its like three months of whatever. When I was in school I never made big… Continue reading Summer

I feel like I've gotten a lot done today. I did the dishes, vacuumed, took the garbage out. I worked out and I still need to clean my bathroom which is my least favorite part of course. Tonight we are going to church and then what else, who knows. The other day at Subway someone… Continue reading Palm Sunday

The neighbor's baby is crying. It's Thursday night, I've just had dinner, and now it's time to do some sharing. I keep a drawer in my room filled with special things. Some things stay in the drawer and some things leave the drawer, like a rotation. There's an alligator chew toy I'm saving for my… Continue reading The Drawer

When did I become such a dick? When was the transition from not-so-much-a-dick to actual dick? I dreamed this morning that I was trying to get to my dad. I was on a road trip with some other people, I don't know who they were. Driving in the middle of the night, nothing but dark… Continue reading Unabashed and Unashamed

I believe some people, even though they claim to be God lovers, only really want to be with other people just like them. Just as they are. No differences between them. Then you have other people who want to love the broken and the lost, even though they don't have a lot in common with… Continue reading Holyish