Posted in All About Words, Gabrielle, Poems and Stories, Rants & Rambles on Nov 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
(There is a good chance that this will come out completely wrong and will somehow sound like heresy. I mean no disrespect and certainly no heresy so just bear with me.)
I recently wrote my very first short story. According to standards I read on the Internet (insert snarky Internet comment here) what I’ve written previously [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Oct 29th, 2009 3 Comments »
I’ve been listening to lies this week. I listened even though I knew they were lies. And then I kept being surprised when I felt upset about it.
So, Tuesday I went out shopping. It’s my official errand day where I run around like a crazy person doing grocery shopping for myself and some for Crystal. [...]
Posted in Around Town, Friends & Family, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, On Being Single, Raquel on Oct 25th, 2009 1 Comment »
Yesterday was a crazy day. Due to circumstances beyond our control, which partly just means it didn’t get realized until too late, Go Play Peoria and the Reformation Day Faire were on the same day. So naturally we proceeded to devolop a complicated plan involving two major events, two vehicles, and nine [...]
Posted in Books, Gabrielle, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty, Thoughts About Heaven on Oct 19th, 2009 7 Comments »
It’s always a frightening thing to reread a book you haven’t read for a while. We change so much sometimes in just a few years that a book that was once the beginning and end of catharsis for our emotional state is just whiny and dumb. The character who’d once stood on the pedestal of [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Beauty on Oct 14th, 2009 1 Comment »
This past Sunday an old man stood in the pulpit of Providence Church and talked to us about Jesus. He walked with a cane and with great care, but he spoke from the pulpit with power and authority. He spoke about his Lord. Sometimes I didn’t quite know where he was coming from or where [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes, On Being Single, Raquel on Oct 12th, 2009 8 Comments »
On some reflection, I may have lied several times yesterday. Several people asked me yesterday how I was and my reply was either, “Tired,” or “I’m okay, but tired”. The tired part was really true, but I’m starting to think that maybe I’m not okay.
I keep thinking I must surely be okay [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles, Thoughts About Heaven on Oct 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
This past Sunday was Life Chain Sunday, a day people from all over the country stand in silent protest of abortion. When I was growing up we participated each year. I remember being incredibly bored as a child and not really understanding what was going on. At some point it fell off our radar [...]
Posted in I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Projects, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Oct 8th, 2009 No Comments »
If you take the definition of humility as looking at yourself honestly (neither more highly or lowly than you ought to), this post is not nearly as arrogant as it might sound. I just thought I’d clear that up at the beginning.
I realized today that I am an intelligent person. Hey, stop laughing. Yes, you, [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Sep 28th, 2009 1 Comment »
The road of self-discovery I’ve been trekking on lately has run through some pretty odd places. Some people go to Europe or China to find themselves. I think that’s silly because I’ve always known where I am I just didn’t understand what that had to do with anything. So I don’t bother going off someplace [...]
Posted in Friends & Family, Life, Children and Dishes, Not Much of Anything, Rants & Rambles, Raquel on Sep 27th, 2009 3 Comments »
I’m sitting down to write a blog post, simply because it’s Sunday afternoon, and I’ve just remembered how much I like having friends.
I’ve been having a difficult time with life lately–refer to my last blog post. This morning during church I cried my way through a (very helpful) sermon on assurance, once again [...]