“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
Thoughts From A Hyundai Dealership
I’m sitting here at Malloy Hyndai getting our car fixed and I’m struck by how much blue there is in this room. Blue vases, blue plates, and blue decor lining the sun drenched windows. Blue walls. Blue sky outside. My phone beeps and there is a text from my Dad. Grandma was taken by ambulence to the hospital this morning and is now in the ER. After running some tests, it becomes clear that she has congestive heart failure. An elderly woman walks by where I’m sitting, straining to see out Read More
Garman Family Year in Review 2017
How can you sum up a year? My husband says that if people want to know about our year, they can just look at our Facebook or Instagram pictures. This is true... But, pictures can't always capture the moment. They can't capture the moment when you are cooking dinner and your oldest daughter is asking you an amazing question about monasticism that makes the teacher in you do a happy dance...while your second oldest daughter is making a smoothie and whispering for you to guess the secret Read More
When You Lose Heart
Saturday was incredibly rough. I still don't even understand it all, but it was a big pot of pride and selfishness, mixed with exhaustion, and seasoned with despair. It seemed a knot too complex to ever unravel. I felt like throwing in the towel of ministry because of what a loser I was. Why even try? Why even try to minister to others when I can't even help myself? I'm not sure if you've ever been to the bottom of the pit, but I can assure you that it's dark and confusing and oppressive. Read More
MAKING DISCIPLES
I'm not always sure what to blog about that would be beneficial, but when my husband did this course on Making Disciples, I thought it was worth sharing. As Christians, we can do a lot of things with our time, but making disciples should be our primary ministry focus! Making disciples who, in turn, make disciples! Whether you're a Christian who wants to focus more on discipleship, or a nonbeliever who wants to see what the mission of every Christian is, you would benefit from listening to this Read More
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