Come to Chimay with me.
Two trips with two fun families for some of the most delicious cheese and beer we've ever had. Check in soon over at Belgium with Kids for a wordier description of our visits!
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::Bertha the Sleepy Blog Bear stirs from hibernation, streeeeetches, tries to hit snooze and smacks her paw on a rock, resentfully concludes that it really is time to get up:: (I once had a high school...
View ArticleThis year.
I resolve to sing hymns with friends. I resolve to stop moaning and learn some French. (Update: the other day at the tennis club I overheard and understood a grandpa sighing “La vie est pas facile…”...
View ArticleSHAPE: What's it like? (Part 1)
This is my attempt to bring to life for you one of the military’s slightly more obscure postings. Growing up an Army brat, I would occasionally hear about SHAPE and be left with so many questions. 1-...
View ArticleSHAPE: What's it like? (Part 2)
Perhaps some of you are reading this to find out what you’re in for, and perhaps some of you are reading to decide whether SHAPE is for you, as you’re lucky enough to have some say in the matter....
View ArticleCome to the pool with me.
There is something about the pool. The line to pay stretches out the door and stinks of beer sweat. It’s a sunny day and we’re not wasting it, none of us. The dressing rooms are crowded and stressful....
View ArticleHealing in the wounds He bore
This is something I wrote to share with my local women’s church group. It’s adapted from the stand-up-there-and-read-it-aloud format that I had to use because you guys, they don’t pay me to talk...
View ArticleAnkles
There was an organ in my grandparents’ living room. It sat next to the ferny terrarium, in front of the window that faced down toward the garden and the pony pasture. My grandmother let us...
View ArticleTime Again
I’m clearing childhood knickknacks out of my parents’ attic, not realizing that this might feel vaguely insulting—just thinking it’s what one does. I’m a newlywed at 21. My parents are rushing to the...
View ArticleIn the stripping away
I had a couple of years a little bit ago that were really something. I typed it all out for you, in gory detail, and kept remembering more things to add to it. I suppose that if we look at our lives...
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