Three years ago I had a surprise pregnancy. And almost exactly at the same time, Anna Donaldson lost her twelve-year old son in a flash flood in the DC area. I gained a son, and she lost one. For the fifteen weeks until I miscarried, I followed her blog. And I cried along with her and all the other people who were… Read More
The first half of this post is a brain dump. The second half (after the picture of the rosemary bush) is the point at hand – a faith post. Feel free to read either – or – or both. I woke up at 1AM last night, sweaty and tangled in the sheets, having just accepted the starring role of Maria in the… Read More
Once upon a time, there were two couples that were friends – Lin & Barry and Mark & Diane. They were such good friends, they said that they would take care of each other’s children should anything happen to either couple. Mark and Diane left for South Africa eight years after the AIDS epidemic was understood and diagnosed because Mark was a doctor, and he… Read More
Alright, it’s not really a vlog – (for non-blogging friends, this means video log) – it’s an interview. Rod Jetton, author of Christian non-fiction book, Success Can Kill You, did a review of my book. And he liked it well enough to ask me for an interview, which was a huge encouragement for me. I never thought I would do a vlog… Read More
A couple of years ago, my husband and I started doing forty-day fasts, and we’ve been doing them about twice a year ever since. It’s not that we don’t eat at all for forty days; but on any given fast, we’ve done a combination of the following: Two-to-three days per week of liquid only -or liquid plus smoothie / vegetable soup purée. Limit food… Read More
My blog silence has not been entirely on purpose. We’ve had problems with the Internet connection for the past week – sometimes slow, sometimes not working. And then yesterday it stopped all together. We are sort of at the mercy of two phone companies – one which owns the line and the other which provides the service. Getting this thing… Read More
