I leave in less than three hours for the church’s ladies’ retreat. Another weekend away. This should be my dream, right? Sort of. If you put aside the fact that I am the retreat co-ordinator, m.c., and worship leader, the weekend should be something to look forward to. Actually, even with all of those things [...]
Yesterday afternoon, while the little kids were napping, I crawled into my bed and did our taxes. Strange place, you say, for doing taxes? Well, my bed is my favourite place and doing taxes is my favourite annual activity, there’s room to spread out all the papers, you throw in a Toblerone bar, and life [...]
Today I went about the business of the day without feeling guilty. Without feeling like everything I did was completely meaningless and useless. Without feeling like there were other things I should be doing. Instead, as I did the things I’ve been doing everyday for as long as I can remember, I was enveloped by [...]
Okay, so I’m home now. We’ve got the morning activities taken care of and the little kids are napping. It’s quiet here.
I just can’t hardly tell you what those five days away have done for me. I’d like to be able to say that I went to the Friesen’s house and played games and visited [...]
I’m home. And it’s late. And there’s school tomorrow so there was a big cheese tray to make up and lunches, too. And then the 30 messages in the inbox and all the rest. But I’m home. And it is all very good.
More later.
The eyes of the saint make all beauty holy and the hands of the saints consecrate everything they touch to the glory of God, and the saint is never offended by anything and judges no man’s sin because he does not know sin. He knows the mercy of God. He knows that his own mission [...]
Tomorrow just before noon I’m heading out a with a couple people from the church and we’re heading west. To a field. Where Randall and Lauralea live. This will be the longest I’ve been away from my kids since Madeline was born over 6 years ago, by double. I’ll be gone 4.5 days. I’m really [...]
This afternoon I was just starting to chop the vegetables for tonight’s soup when I noticed a tiny little spider on my kitchen counter. I did not panic. Instead I grabbed a kleenex box and bashed it several times and then flicked it off the counter into the recycle bin. Yuck. I don’t like bugs. [...]
So I’m laying here on the bed watching a movie with Marc listening to a seminary lecture next to me. It’s been a really good day around here. And it’s nice to relax. Even if Marc’s version of “relaxing” for the next 4 months is going to consist of course work…
The phone rang. It was [...]
Yesterday Marc asked me why I always put my pyjamas behind his pillow. I told him, “Because your pillows are thinner, so if I put the pyjamas behind your pillows, they look more even.”
I mean, isn’t it obvious? I thought he knew me.