Posted in Gabrielle, Rants & Rambles on Jul 23rd, 2005 1 Comment »
This falls under the heading of “No one else will care, but I have been thinking about it for a while”. Just a warning. I am a crafter. No, that can’t be the right way to say it. It sounds too much like an old woman sitting in a rocking chair. I am a craftsman. [...]
Posted in Raquel, Real Life Quotes on Jul 23rd, 2005 No Comments »
Butterflies and bees are the ones that both drink flowers.
Once you have the wings on you fly over…
Oh Elsie, we need your long tongue! I know how to make one.
Well, not a beard, but something sticking out of his chin, right?
Posted in Friends & Family, Rants & Rambles, Raquel, Thoughts on Being Womanly on Jul 22nd, 2005 No Comments »
Does anyone else have trouble coming up with titles for their blog posts?I just discovered that I posted this without a title and it’s been up for…well, for minutes! Shocking, isn’t it…
A few months ago we tore the house apart. In the process the girls got their own room and I got the room [...]
Posted in Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jul 21st, 2005 4 Comments »
Gabrielle gave me the perfect lead-in to about half a post I wanted to write. It doesn’t feel like a full post, but it’s a thought that might tie it with what Gabrielle wrote.
I was wondering why we so often wonder if our clothes make us look ‘like’ something or someone. I was experimenting [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Rants & Rambles on Jul 21st, 2005 2 Comments »
A couple days ago I was talking to one of my sisters and, much to my surprise, we started talking about clothing. I found it very strange to note how much I had to say on the subject.
Clothing was never a big deal to me. Clothes were just pieces of fabric you used to [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle on Jul 19th, 2005 5 Comments »
July 19, 2003. Some people have conversion dates; days they were hit out of the blue and God showed them Himself. I have July 19, 2003. The day my life changed forever. The day that started a chain of events that made me see the glorious God who owns me. The day my mom died. [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Raquel, Thoughts About Heaven on Jul 18th, 2005 3 Comments »
If you see me tomorrow you might notice that I’m wearing purple. It’s not unusual for me to wear purple, though I more often wear black and burgandy, or silver gray and sea green. But tomorrow I will be wearing a brilliant purple, because tomorrow is July 19th.
Two years ago tomorrow Linda Ben-Ezra went [...]
Posted in Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jul 18th, 2005 2 Comments »
The Impossible Dream is one of my favorite songs. Whenever I catch it on the radio I stop to listen, and I finally managed to convince the children that this is a song I want to hear. They can tell me about their really cool picture and the funny joke they just read–but please wait [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Heaven on Jul 17th, 2005 1 Comment »
I live in Peoria. I live in Peoria. Every now and then I am struck by this fact. I live in Peoria. I’ll be driving home and suddenly I realize I was on auto-pilot. I was driving with the back of my mind and I didn’t get lost. I’ll pull up to the house and [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Jul 16th, 2005 No Comments »
I sat on the Ben-Ezra’s couch with tea on my lap and blankets tossed in a pile beside me as I read haiku. I tried to read slowly, but my desire to savor and reflect was nearly overpowered by my wish to go on and find the beauty in the next haiku. I put the [...]