lost in translation…
Oh Internet, I feel so lost! Gone are the days when I could speak English, fast and furious. I am relegated to facial expressions, hand signals, and blank stares when my German friends ask me for a drink, offer me food, or attempt to speak to me. Worst of all,...
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The engines roar and the cabin is silent. Sleeping Americans rest weary heads before waking up in a in Europe… a land filled with history waiting to be explored. For Matt and I, its more than a chance to get away or relax. It is a way to bridge local churches...
read moretwo years of fun…
I started this blog as a diary of sorts. I had an epiphany and wanted to have a place where I could document the successes and failures of pursuing my dream. But the pages of this online diary aren’t just mine. Stories of frustration, hope, sadness, and joy have...
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We’ve heard it all. Sit here so when Mr. Bigshot comes in, you can meet him! Or, It’s not what you know, but who you know. Or, If you want to be somebody in this world, you got to fight for it. Maybe the vernacular is different, but we all have seen this...
read moredallas, coffee, and being tacky…
Dear residents of Texas, before we meet I have some things I need to confess: Guilty confession 1: Ever since JR was on 1980s hit show Dallas, I’ve wanted to live in Texas and drive a tacky, white car. Guilty confession 2: I like big hair and carry a can of...
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It’s kind of like prom. Signs are everywhere, everybody is making plans, and everyone is going to celebrate. You stare at everyone and look at their excitement, but you aren’t going. You haven’t been invited. An invisible trombone from heaven rings...
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He asks me out to lunch every day I’m at work. It’s the first things out of his smiling mouth at 7:00am in the morning. I’ll pull into the church parking lot and he’ll yell his invitation to me while he’s completing his janitorial...
read more100 word wednesday: taste and see…
Shut up!!! I got this video from my friend Denny who remembered when I shared this at the Songs of Solomon bible study back in 2008. It’s the manicotti story!!! He put a little sumthang’ sumthang’ together for us. 🙂 For Dana, Brianna, and Cindy who...
read moremanicotti, chopsticks, and a recipe…
Tomatoes. Garlic. Parsley. Olive oil. Mozzerella. Basil. Kosher salt. Garlic. It had been several years since my dysfunctional break up with Satan ended, but the conversation around the dinner table in Florence, Italy haunted me: once I learned how to cook, I’d learn...
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I climbed out of my blue Kia I rented from Enterprise, grabbed my laptop, and checked in at registration. First trip to Chicago, first communication conference, first time I desperately needed help traversing the world wide web for more than email or Internet surfing....
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