Posted in Friendship, Learning, Living In Community, Zoe on Jun 29th, 2006 2 Comments »
The church I attend encourages congregational participation in the worship experience by providing opportunities for our congregants to share original poetry, responsive readings, essays, and personal stories during the course of the service.
You’ve seen some of my projects, but I wanted to share another. This past Sunday a friend shared her story of faith through [...]
Posted in Friendship, Learning on Jun 25th, 2006 1 Comment »
Bryan has a cousin named Darryl.
Darryl is one of the most hospitable people I know (well, I actually know a LOT of hospitable people, but bear with me for the story’s sake). When you walk in to Darryl’s home you are greeted with boisterous enthusiasm and he wants to know all about who you [...]
Posted in Friendship on May 26th, 2006 2 Comments »
Last week a package was delivered to my home. When I looked at the address I realized it was from a Seattle friend who is currently living in Connecticut, and my heart sang.
My day had been horrible – I had a cold and woke up at 3:30 am because I couldn’t breathe, [...]
Posted in Books, Friendship, Fun Pile, Travel on Apr 22nd, 2006 No Comments »
This morning we woke to a beautiful blue sky and warmer temperatures than yesterday. The population in Cannon Beach swelled with the coming of Saturday, and all the little ice cream shops and saltwater taffy shops were finally open.
Friends drove down for the day, as it was the annual kite festival in Cannon Beach [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile, Remodel, Ruthie on Apr 7th, 2006 1 Comment »
Ruthie now thinks all daddies take airplanes to work. She asked me that when her little friend left the other day and she asked if he was going home to see his daddy. I said his daddy was probably at work, but that he would see his daddy later. And she said, [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Feb 24th, 2006 2 Comments »
Last year on my birthday I had dinner with girlfriends at a great steak house called Jimmy Mac’s where they play loud country music and throw peanut shells on the floor. The conversation eventually took the turn that all female conversations do when drinking is involved… a turn toward any subject that makes some [...]
Posted in Everyday, Friendship on Feb 22nd, 2006 1 Comment »
Our dead, brown, Christmas tree is still sitting in our driveway next to the shed. I guess I missed the city memo listing all the hoops we needed to jump through to have them take our tree away this year, because it sat out by our trash for three consecutive trash days and still [...]
Posted in Bryan, Friendship, Fun Pile on Feb 13th, 2006 No Comments »
And without warning I left town and bid you no farewell. I spent the weekend at a vacation home on the Straight of Juan de Fuca with seven friends, one tiny baby, and a fabulous view of Canada. There was wine, there was laughing, and a little tinkling in the panties. (oh [...]
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Jan 22nd, 2006 2 Comments »
Last night Bryan and I had the privilege of attending the launch party for Naked Conversations, the new book by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. Knowing I was the non-geek wife who was about to enter a Den of Geeks, I brushed up on the recommended Survivial Guide Maryam recently published on her site. [...]
Posted in Friendship on Jan 17th, 2006 No Comments »
“Did I tell you I’m cutting back my Zoloft? I’m down to half a pill, now.”
“Oh God, I think I might need your other half…”
Posted in Depression, Friendship on Dec 15th, 2005 No Comments »
Please allow me to be a little sappy tonight.
I am awash with love for all things friendship right now. I’m lying in bed with a homemade warm, aromatic, herbal heating pad keeping my toes warm, listening to the ultimate friend gift – a mix ‘tape’ (a CD actually, but like just like I can’t [...]
Posted in Friendship, Seen, Heard, Said on Sep 23rd, 2005 No Comments »
“Oh bummer. I wanted my latte hot and I think he’s making it iced.”
“Here, this’ll make you feel better: they have flexi-straws! Nothin’ beats a good flexi-straw.”
Posted in Friendship, Fun Pile on Sep 21st, 2005 1 Comment »
I always feel a bit reminiscent on my birthday because it also marks the anniversary of my arrival in Seattle, of the day I left home forever, of the day I met my lifelong friends. I spent my eighteenth birthday on an airplane, terrified and excited about my new adventure.
Inevitably I think back to [...]
Posted in Friendship, Learning, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Aug 16th, 2005 No Comments »
My friend relayed a story to me last night about one of her childhood friends whose husband just checked into a 90-day program for drug addiction. Together they have three children.
Their youngest is only three weeks old.
As the friend who is closest to all the tension that lies between Bryan and I, who has [...]
Posted in Everyday, Friendship on Jul 19th, 2005 No Comments »
I have a friend who likes people.
I know this because I’ve seen her talk to them. A couple weeks ago we were walking together on a trail near my home, and she actually smiled and said “good morning” to every person we passed. I walk this same trail several times a week, and it never [...]