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 [...]
Posted in Life, Children and Dishes, On Being Single, Raquel on Sep 25th, 2009 4 Comments »
I woke up this morning with a slight sore throat and general ‘I might be getting sick’ feeling. And I started thinking that if I got sick I’d have an excuse to just go back to bed and not do anything.
It’s not that life is that hard right now. If life were hard, at least [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, I learned something new today, Life, Children and Dishes, Rants & Rambles on Sep 21st, 2009 2 Comments »
Being an collection of odd likes, dislikes, interests and hobbies can be a bit peculiar sometimes. A thought from this part of my head will break loose from its moorings and drift off into that part of my head where it collides with something from over there and sparks a brand new thought process. Dietrich [...]
Posted in Gabrielle, Life, Children and Dishes, Thoughts About Beauty on Sep 15th, 2009 No Comments »
This year for school I’m in charge of science for the the kids. I’m doing animals with the little kids which is a lot of fun and plants with the big kids. I wanted to start with explaining photosynthesis so they’d have a grasp on that big idea which informs most of the structural decisions [...]