August 9th 2011
This post was published on my husband’s blog tonight. Here’s our big news:
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9
I was in my early 20’s when someone first asked me “Are you planning on being a youth pastor forever?” My response was typically “Well, I think [...]
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January 1st 2011
A phrase that we hear frequently around January 1st. is “out with the old, in with the new.” Sometimes it’s a good thing to get rid of the old, but sometimes it’s not quite so good. I started looking around to see what old things Alan and I have, and it turned out [...]
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December 23rd 2010
One year when Hannah was around 6-years-old, she was watching me wrap Christmas presents. She noticed that I would use the smaller bows for our family’s gifts and save the bigger, fancier bows for other people. She asked me why I did this. I wasn’t really sure what to tell her. [...]
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June 9th 2010
Godly
Outgoing
Intelligent
Humorous
Attractive
I didn’t get married until I was 31-years-old. That’s on the later end of average to be getting married, but I’m glad I waited. I always said that I would rather have 20 years with someone I adored than 40 years with someone I tolerated because I just didn’t want to be [...]
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November 29th 2009
The first time I ever had an argument with Alan was when we were dating. As we were reconciling, he said, “I’m sorry – will you forgive me?” At first, I thought, well of course I forgive you – that kind of goes with the territory of I’m sorry. But he insisted [...]
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July 2nd 2009
Hannah and I were riding in the car today and started talking about fairy tales. We were talking about how some stories have been “softened up” for these later generations. For example, in the story of the Three Little Pigs, the original story had the wolf eating the pigs after he huffed and [...]
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May 3rd 2009
This was the name of a song that came out in 1984. It was about a man who was paranoid because he thought, well, that someone was watching him all the time.
Today I was sitting in church and it hit me that someone – actually two someone’s – are watching me all the time. [...]
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April 2nd 2009
I was just setting some pictures back out (after having the mantel painted) and was looking at one of Alan and me. The picture is a good one of Alan, but not really a great pic of me. I thought about changing it out. But then, is that really fair to Alan?
If [...]
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March 26th 2009
I had a lady make a comment about her cat today that was kind of tough to hear. Her cat apparently isn’t “all there” and she said “yeah, he takes a ride on the short bus, if you know what I mean.”
I do know what she means. As a parent of [...]
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March 8th 2009
My scariest dream ever had nothing to do with monsters. It had to do with isolation. I had this dream when I was a kid, but I have never forgotten it.
In the dream, I was a child about eight years old. I lived in a big city in a run-down [...]
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