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April 2007

April 01, 2007

All The Moms

Written 3/04/07To fully appreciate the impact of this particular experience you would have to know...

February 2007

February 20, 2007

Favorite Birthday Card

Today is my birthday.For those of you would never believe if you saw me, I...

February 13, 2007

Don’t Get It

I have spent much of my free time the over the last week serving as...

February 11, 2007

Coiffed

I've always known that great things can be achieved with a hair dryer. I've known...

January 2007

January 27, 2007

The Space Between

It's a strange, strange phenomenon. As I sat listening to her talk about leaving for...

December 2006

December 29, 2006

“The Eagle Has Landed . . . “

. . . these were the words I heard furtively whispered over the telephone line...

December 18, 2006

Stages of Christmas Letter Angst

You know you wanted to get one in the mail. Okay, maybe not.We debated long...

December 12, 2006

Countdown

Okay, everyone. 13 days until Christmas. I am not trying to be ugly, but I...

November 2006

November 13, 2006

Improvisation

One of the many obliga . . . , uh, joys of parenthood is attending...

November 05, 2006

Celebration

Yesterday we had the honor of participating in the ordination of our friend, Elizabeth Evans...

November 02, 2006

For Some of the Saints

I'm a little late posting for All Saints' Day, but we Baptists are not so...

October 2006

October 26, 2006

Weird Science

What can you do with a crumpled ball of aluminum foil, a clump of different...

October 09, 2006

Strange I Love Yous

After watching The Simpson's episode Life On the Fast Lane in Sunday School yesterday morning,...

September 2006

September 29, 2006

Therapy Row

There is a little stretch of sidewalk in downtown DC called Therapy Row. The specific...

September 26, 2006

Burning Questions

I had a conversation with our 8-year-old resident sage Sam this weekend that made me...

August 2006

August 31, 2006

Personality Bag

The start of school always brings a whole slew of adventures, and not just for...

August 28, 2006

The First Day

They woke up, brushed their teeth, got dressed, combed their hair, put their backpacks on...

August 24, 2006

Mis Quince Años

Okay, so if you are a pastor in Texas perhaps this is commonplace to you....

August 03, 2006

Happy Anniversary

Can it really be 15 years since we got married??!? I guess it's true what...

July 2006

July 26, 2006

Lighting the Darkness

I came home a few nights ago to fireflies everywhere. It was just dusk, halfway...

July 24, 2006

Every Dog Has His Day

In the course of conversation the other day a friend declared, “Every dog has his...

July 19, 2006

Jesus Rides the Bus

“You should really ride the bus,” my friend Jess told me the other day.Usually I...

July 12, 2006

True Blue

Friends make the world go 'round and all that . . . being as I...

July 03, 2006

Roadside Emotions

I had occasion to spend the whole day with my children last week--the first time...

June 2006

June 24, 2006

Sunglasses at Night

Who would have thought that the first person in our family to undergo cosmetic surgery...

June 23, 2006

Answers

Referencing Wednesday's post: if you care, here are the answers to Mark's super difficult 8-year...

June 21, 2006

Clueless

Mark and I are often bored, with hours and hours of free time on our...

June 15, 2006

Stories That Almost Make Me Cry

In general there are excessive books in our house. This being the end of the...

June 07, 2006

Field of Dreams

I’ve been watching quite a bit of Little League baseball recently because certain individuals in...

June 06, 2006

A Day at the Shore

We spent Memorial Day on the water, just a few miles from downtown DC. Our...

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