Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Feb 27th, 2009 1 Comment »
I was washing a cast iron skillet last night and listening to Lecrae. Desperate. Lecrae’s take on Psalm 51 of David when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. I scrubbed the skillet and watched my hands do it while my thoughts wandered far and near.
The skillet was filthy, [...]
Posted in For Amusement Purposes Only, Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes on Feb 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
Since my father booked my flights this time and his plane ticket fu is greater than mine I went through Detroit on my way to and from Erie. Last time I went through Detroit I didn’t have much time to look around, but this time I had over an hour there each way so I [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes on Feb 24th, 2009 7 Comments »
If you are one of those people who is bored by the retelling of dreams, you’ll want to skip this post. This post is entirely a retelling of a dream I had last night, which I first described as stressful, but the more I think about it, the more I think it was pretty [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes on Feb 23rd, 2009 6 Comments »
As I walked into Peoria Imaging to get my internal sonogram, I started composing this blog post in my head. I walked in, pretending to be fine. That was the moment when I realized that I was only pretending to be fine. I mean, really, why else would I be so determinedly reviewing Facebook [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts on Being Womanly on Feb 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Karen Knight came over today. She and Adiel (oh, did I mention I was in Erie? Adiel had the baby she was pregnant with in September. A baby girl. Zoe Eleanor was 7 lbs 5 oz and 19 1/2 in. I got here Monday and will be here til the 23rd.) and I drank tea [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything on Feb 4th, 2009 1 Comment »
There is something refreshing and heartening about rearranging furniture. The focus of the room shifts as it various parts are moved around. Dirt that went long unseen, but always felt is cleaned up and the room has more space to breathe. The sun shines into the room in unfamiliar ways and you find yourself seeing [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Feb 4th, 2009 2 Comments »
I came up the stairs today, and there at the top was Margary, wearing an inside out purple fleece pullover and Cat in the Hat pajamas, and very unhappy about something. With my superior grown-up deduction skills I very quickly realized what the problem was. Margary desperately wanted to zip the zipper on her [...]
Posted in Poems and Stories, Raquel on Feb 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
same old new ideas
swirling in my brain–
but how to get them out?