Posted in Family, Gordon Lee Pearson, Learning on Apr 18th, 2006 2 Comments »
“What you did in Jesus’ resurrection proves that you can do absolutely anything.”
– Pastor Leith Anderson in prayer, Wooddale Church, Easter morning 2006.
I hadn’t spent much time preparing for Easter this year in a spiritual sense. I was traveling, visiting family, the weather was warm and sunny, and there were many fun activities distracting [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Depression, Learning, Ruthie on Apr 11th, 2006 No Comments »
Life seems uninteresting these days from a blogging perspective, though it is FANTASTIC from the survival aspect. I’ve said this before, but it’s easier for me to write about things I’m complaining about or struggling with. Depression? Martial strife? This is the stuff great stories are born from – the setup, upset, [...]
Posted in Learning on Apr 4th, 2006 No Comments »
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about lies and sneaking and how it’s become second nature to me.
My first memory of lying happened before I even started school: my mother confronted me about the crayon marks she found on the washer and dryer. She must have asked me who had done it, because I [...]
Posted in Learning, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Mar 19th, 2006 2 Comments »
The church I attend places a high value on art, creativity, and congregational participation in the worship experience. There are many opportunities for our members to share original poetry, responsive readings, essays, and songs during the course of the service.
Today I read the following personal essay prior to the sermon as a part of our [...]
Posted in Learning, Ruthie on Mar 13th, 2006 2 Comments »
This morning, while on the elliptical machine at the gym, I prayed for my daughter Ruthie. I think she’s a bully.
At first I thought her antics were cute. When she was younger she would take Scout’s ball and hide it in the microwave of her play kitchen and giggle as Scout [...]
Posted in Depression, Learning on Mar 4th, 2006 2 Comments »
Yesterday a few cogs dropped into place and opened a door in my mind. It was like that episode of Lost when Claire begins to remember what happened to her during the two weeks she was kidnapped – the Ah-Ha! moments came throughout the day, each triggered by another thought or something I saw.
Since [...]
Posted in Bryan, Learning, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Mar 3rd, 2006 1 Comment »
A couple months ago I was ready to leave him, but something snapped and we made it safely through the maze together. While on our blissful vacation in Portland, I asked him Did he really think we were getting better, or was there just nothing to fight about recently? I was waiting for [...]
Posted in Getting Things Done, Learning, Rage Against The Pile on Mar 1st, 2006 2 Comments »
The other day I was talking to a friend who also struggles with anger management. She relayed a story about allowing her children to “help” her with a task, knowing that in the end she would just become frustrated and lash out at them. But in her mind she believed that a Good Mother [...]
Posted in Family, Grieving, Learning on Feb 25th, 2006 1 Comment »
This morning my mom left Minnesota for a month in sunny Arizona (oh, to be retired), and I called her last night to see how the packing was going.
After chatting for awhile I said, “Well, I should let you get back to your packing.”
But as usual, the conversation continued for another ten [...]
Posted in Bryan, Learning, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 14th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. Really, I haven’t. I find the entire ‘holiday’ quite silly, actually. It never seemed important to me to have a specific DAY when someone was SUPPOSED to do something nice to express their love because this behavior was supposed to be NORMAL for people who [...]
Posted in Learning, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Feb 7th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve often felt make-up sex was kind of a chicken-egg thing – which comes first? Does a forgiven, healed relationship beget sexual intimacy? Or does marital intimacy help draw you into a place of healing?
I’m learning that sometimes it’s important to just take a step of faith, to extend grace, to do something [...]
Posted in Depression, Getting Things Done, Learning on Jan 1st, 2006 No Comments »
Last year when New Year’s Eve fell on a Friday, and most businesses were closed that day, our furnace crapped out on us Thursday night around dinner time. We were left with no heat in our home over a long holiday weekend, which also happened to be the coldest weekend of the winter that [...]
Posted in Learning, Until Death Do Us Part (and to the Death it will be) on Dec 8th, 2005 1 Comment »
“It is a terrible catastrophe when I am rejected, treated unfairly, and things aren’t as I would like them.”
Also known as The Victim Mindset, which I scored 9 out of a possible 10 on a ‘beliefs inventory’ questionnaire given by our marriage counselor, making me a champion of victims.
Yes, we are seeing a marriage counselor, [...]
Posted in Learning on Dec 2nd, 2005 1 Comment »
Oh, the silly, wicked things that have crossed my mind.
I can’t remember when or where I read this (or maybe she was on Oprah), but I remember a story about a mom who went back to work when her children were still small because she felt it would help her appreciate her children [...]
Posted in Blog Stuff, Learning on Nov 15th, 2005 5 Comments »
I read this post over at Node Glue and it got me thinking about the way I follow my favorite blogs.
I’m a selfish and impatient blog reader. I’m too lazy to follow links, and I’m too uninterested to comment on other people’s posts, or even read comments others have posted on the [...]
