Dear 17-year- old-AMC worker, Thank you for waiting patiently for me to leave theatre 15 tonight. I know it took me a bit longer than everyone else to exit, and I know you were waiting very patiently to sweep up the stray popcorn and M&Ms. You see, for the past 4 months my daughter, Gracie, has been asking to see the movie “Breakthrough.” She saw the trailer and has not been able to get it out of her head. We don’t usually go to the theatre but one time a year ($85.00…seriously?!), so Read More
Iceland: The Rest of The Story
For those of you who have followed our story for the past decade, you know that Iceland has been a big part of our lives. When we moved there as missionaries in 2008, we knew it wasn’t going to be easy. From the beginning, it was our prayer to find an Icelander to help us carry on the work of planting a church there. We left Iceland in 2010 because of Gracie’s medical situation, and we wondered if our time there had been in vain. Our prayers for a national to carry on the work hadn’t yet Read More
Does God Hear My Prayers?
Something strange happened a few years ago. I’m not sure what made me think about it this morning, but there it was… loud in my mind as I was pouring Bran Flakes for breakfast. Maybe because I knew I would have an hour to myself today (that would allow me to write about it.) Maybe because we’re about to start our Week of Prayer at church tomorrow. Either way, something strange happened a few years ago and I’m finally getting around to writing about it. It was a warm day circa Read More
Garman Year in Review 2018
I wasn't going to write a Year in Review 2018, but it's a snow day and the New Year is still just starting, right? There's still time to reflect. I'm looking back at our pictures so I can remember what we actually did in 2018. Ah yes...Let's start with Mt. Vernon. Gracie had been asking for years to go visit Mt. Vernon, so we took the whole family on President's Day (and she loved every minute of it). The very next morning, we noticed some swelling on Gracie's left side. Because of her Read More
But, Do You Ever…
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by life‘s responsibilities? Weary by your inability to handle it all? Do you ever get anxious and stressed, hopeless and angry? Of course you do… We all do. But, do you ever look up at the moon and think about how you are sitting on a speck of cosmic dust suspended in space at the mercy of its Creator? Do you ever close your eyes, take a deep breath and imagine all of the incredible functions your body is doing involuntarily? Do you ever sit at the Read More
“I Want to Write a Book”
It's happened so much, I've lost count. Someone will ask about my book and I'll share. They'll nod and listen, and then lean in real close. In a hushed voice, as though I'm their priest and this is their booth, they'll make a confession: "I've always wanted to write a book." Perhaps they think of it every New Year's Eve. Or the moments between wake and sleep. This tugging, this idea in their bones that yearns for release. Maybe it's a dream they've had since childhood. Maybe it's been Read More
When The Locker Room Became Holy Ground: A Conversation With Ginger Harrington
Have you ever been absolutely confused about the direction of your life or about a particular circumstance? I have been pretty confused the past few months. Is it a waste of time or a wise investment of my resources to spend time writing? Should I get a real job where someone tells me what to do and I do it and a paycheck comes every month? There are so many different directions I could go in (as far as writing projects); which one is even the best? If I am such a struggling sinner, is Read More
When You Worry About Waste
“Mom, no!!! I don’t want to ‘just cut off the moldly part and eat the rest of the cheese.’ That’s disgusting!!” I’m not sure if your kids have ever said this to you, but this statement has been said to me on more than one occasion. You see, growing up, my parents taught me many good things. One of them was to never be wasteful. I know their own parents were extremely conscious of not wasting food, water or electricity, especially because they lived during the Depression. Even wasting a product Read More
Waste Not, Want Not
The other day, if you had walked into my kitchen, you would have seen me having a conversation with my deceased grandfather while leaning over the garbage disposal. You see, my whole life I've heard stories about my grandfather who I had never met. Not that he was a hoarder or a miser, just a man super committed to "waste not, want not." So the other day when a handful of grape tomatoes accidentally went down into the garbage disposal, and I felt tempted to pull them out... I took some time to Read More
Push Through the Awkward to Say, “I Was Wrong.”
Has anyone else out there ever had trouble admitting they were wrong? What is it about these three little words? Recently I've come to realize how bad I am at apologizing in our marriage. I'm sure Colby has been trying to get me to see this about myself since early in marriage, but I've probably not been listening (a whole other issue that I struggle with!). The first time I really saw it, I was opening up to my best friend about a marital problem. "What, do you think you're perfect?" she Read More
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“Remember He is the artist and you are only the picture. You can’t see it. So quietly submit to be painted” -CS Lewis