“But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.” – Life of Pi We watched Life of Pi this past week. I know we are behind the times, but we have rediscovered the Library. At one point we were good consumers – buying books and movies. And in those days […]

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    This morning our neighbor awoke to find they had been flamingoe’d. My girls wanted to drive by and investigate and Ivy asked if we could get flamingos for our yard… Before going over I tried to explain that the youth group was raising funds for camp (or some other project). And that the […]

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“One time we were bruised, bankrupt, and haunted You have called us loved, you have called us wanted.” – John Mark McMillian Life is a story. The problem we is we are living right in the middle. Page 270 of 500 (0r maybe 276). And we are not even sure the story is about us. […]

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Life is about comparisons. Haiti is a different reality than the United States. Car and truck horns blare as they pass you. Cutting things dangerously close with on-coming traffic and every vehicle is piled high with people. Many passengers just holding onto the back. So riding around in a truck bed becomes no big deal. No […]

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Last night Ivy brought home artwork – a portrait of the family. You can probably guess each person. The baby has a mouth full of teeth. Phoebe is happy. Ivy dominates the picture. Megan looks a little dazed (“Mom is tired”) and yes, the crazy one is me. I mentioned that I look a little angry. “No, […]

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