Every year pumpkin carving gets a little more complicated. This year Ivy asked for an astronaut, to go with her costume. Phoebe wanted a pirate, but added difficulty by declaring it must be a girl pirate (I thought pumpkins were gender neutral). So carving requires a bit of creativity and a bit of luck – […]
Read more "Pumpkin Eyes"“I am not really awesome, I can’t run really fast.” – Phoebe Ivy is now a Brownie, the first step in becoming a professional cookie salesperson (Girl Scout). And this coming week she will earn a merit badge, the “Snack Badge”. Which made me laugh – it was appropriate for their name (though they will […]
Read more "Awesome"I found my wallet Monday night. A week after it had gone missing. Enough time to cancel credit cards and dig out an old money clip (a wedding party gift I never planned to use). I thought I looked everywhere. I searched the house. I pulled out couch cushions and dug into the recliner. I […]
Read more "Found"I am a loser of things. I chalk this up to a close relationship with brilliance. An absent minded professor sort-of-thing. My wife chalks it up to something else… either way, it has been about 54 hours since I last saw my wallet. Which is a problem. Thankfully my credit cards were not actively buying […]
Read more "Lost"Tuesday night my friend Jeremy Courtney spoke with our church. He is a missionary to Iraq and ministers by connecting kids with life saving heart surgeries. His soon to be released book, Preemptive Love, has been endorsed by everyone from GQ to Shane Claiborne to Senator Joe Lieberman. (Click here to learn more about the book […]
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