March 19, 2009
Today my grandmother’s grand piano was moved into our front room: Don’t you just love the quality of my iPhone picture-taking skills? It’s not ours to keep; we’re holding it for my brother David because he claimed it. But right now he’s living with my other brother Barry and a roommate, and the spot for [...]
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March 12, 2009
So I am on my church’s “communication team,” and my job as part of this team is to write a monthly newsletter. Our team then meets once a month to mail it out. During this time we also go through the information forms that the congregation fills out and puts in the offering plate each [...]
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January 21, 2009
Psalm 8:2 – “…You have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger…” *** For my mother’s birthday, which was yesterday, my brother and I gave her a gift that she’s been asking for since last year. We recorded a simple 6-song CD of worship songs for her. I sang, [...]
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December 28, 2008
Oh right, I have a blog, and it’s something I’m supposed to WRITE in. I guess I’ve given myself kind of a break, because of the whole my-husband-had-surgery-right-before-we-moved-into-our-new-house business. We are having a lot of fun being there, but it sure is a lot of work. We still have a lot of walls to paint, [...]
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November 26, 2008
I’m sitting here at a computer in the hallway of my unit, Methodist Main 8 Northwest, finishing up my shift. I’ve had a sore throat since Sunday, swollen and tender glands since Monday, and a hacking, persistent cough since yesterday. It gets worse throughout the day, and by 8 p.m. I’m passed out in bed. I’ve [...]
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