Today's quote is more of a story from when we first moved to Iceland. Culture Shock For A Two Year Old (Feb. 2009/Reykjavik, Iceland): Darcy has been interesting to watch lately. After we had been here in Reykjavik a week, she began to revert a little bit which is a very normal thing for kids to do in transition. She was a little more whiny, a little more needy, and began to ask if she could watch a video that we used to get from the library called "Baby Songs" because she was a baby Read More
Kid Quotes: In Case You Need A Smile
When I think about the purpose of this blog, I think about a couple of things: 1.) I want to make people pause and consider what's most important in life. 2.) I want to help people laugh. Thankfully, my four daughters give me plenty of stories to help me with both of those things! Over the years, I've tried to write down the crazy things they say so we can enjoy them over and over again. But, why keep all this to myself? You guys are welcome to peek in and enjoy it too. Stay tuned for 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 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
Push Through the Awkward to Say, “Can I Pray For You?”
Just 5 minutes ago, my doorbell rang. I waited for a little bit (surely it was just the UPS guy again) but eventually decided to go check. It was my neighbor, Anna, from El Salvador, who moved here last year and has become a good friend. We gave each other a nice, long hug because we hadn't seen each other for almost the whole winter. With her broken English and my sorry Spanish, we tried to communicate about all the things that had happened since we last talked. She filled me in on her Read More
Push Through the Awkward To Say “I Love you”
Recently I was reading something by Christine Hoover and was struck by the phrase she came up with: Push through the Awkward. I've used it many times since then because I think it does a good job capturing something. I got kind of inspired to write a "Push Through the Awkward" series last month. I'm really not sure if it'll be useful to anyone out there, but hopefully it will give you a little something to think about. I guess this post could also be titled, "When it's hard to say I love Read More
Heart Project
Well, for those of you who actually read this little blog, I'd like to update you on our Heart Project fundraiser. Last February, we attempted to raise $2200 for Samaritan's Purse Children's Heart Project. This project arranges life-saving surgeries (like the one our daughter had) to children in medically disadvantaged countries. Well, it didn't happen in February, but we kept going, and by the time 2018 ended, we met the goal! Samaritan's Purse has matched us with a child to Read More
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