Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Nov 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Today I am thankful for stories and the time to tell them together. I see the world through the glasses of story and I think of event in my life as chapters. I love to tell stories, though I think I prefer to write them. Sometimes Raquel and I will just sit around putting ourselves [...]
Posted in All About Words, For Amusement Purposes Only, Raquel on Nov 15th, 2007 3 Comments »
That being a bridge between people means that both sides walk all over you?
Posted in Not Much of Anything, Raquel on Nov 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Solo Femininity: Poor Policies and Kind Responses
This is a short article that resonated with me for some reason. Probably similar to the reasons that make me try to remember to smile at and thank the airline security whom I suspect are underpaid for enforcing the fascist regulations about how much toothpaste is ’safe’ to be [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Nov 15th, 2007 1 Comment »
Today I am thankful for coffee. I know that if most of you were present I would hear loud Amens and the sound of slurping.
I am thankful for the ritual that goes along with a good cup of coffee. I put milk and sugar in my coffee because I like how it tastes, but [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Nov 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Today I am thankful for my computer. His name is Giles. Yes, I know, I named my computer.
At this moment I am writing this post from the breakfast bar. I am putting music on Giles so I can take it with me when we go to Erie next week. Crystal is sending me links [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Gabrielle on Nov 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Tonight I am thankful for near-spontaneous gatherings of friends, chili with cheese, sour cream and oyster crackers, generous friends and even the ride home on the highway in the dark. For all these things and what they stand in for I give thanks.
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes on Nov 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Today I thank God that He put me here in Peoria. I suppose I should back up and thank Him that He made me love Peoria before He put me here.
Before I moved to Illinois I had only lived one place. When I was born my family was living in a house on Holland [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Heaven on Nov 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Today I am thankful that Jesus has promised to come back for us someday. With the possible exception of Isaac our entire household is down sick. We stayed home from church today and just felt yucky together. Last night Samuel said to Seth that he was tired of this world just going on because we [...]
Posted in Gabrielle on Nov 10th, 2007 No Comments »
Today I am thankful for my voice. I am thankful for it mostly because I have almost completely misplaced it today. It started wandering off yesterday and then I yelled, cheered and laughed to my heart’s delight and apparently scared it off. I don’t think I’ve ever lost my voice this bad before. I’ve gone [...]
Posted in Dinner at Lansberry's, Friends & Family, Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Poems and Stories on Nov 10th, 2007 1 Comment »
Last night we celebrated the Night of the Burning Plum. Many of us were nursing coughs or colds so the night was punctuated with sniffles, coughs and the hunt for the tissue box. And still it was delightful.
I went over to the Lansberry house early to help set up. Theresa commented that this was exactly [...]