Something else happened on this night that I find blog worthy. While Jason and I were talking to the new-to-us associate pastor, our little cherubs were making numerous trips to the M&M bowl, which I wouldn’t have allowed had I been paying attention and not dying of mortification. Jason and I were ready to go… [continue reading]
Of all the Things I Could Have Said . . .
Sunday evening there was a fellowship time after church. A man walked up to my husband and me as we were finishing our snacks and introduced himself as the associate pastor. I looked at him as if he’d lost his mind and said, “Of THIS church?” (So embarrassing!) I promise I do faithfully attend and… [continue reading]
What About Bob?
Ah yes, it’s the movie title that all Bobs have come to hate. I recently wrote a post in which I stuck my foot in my mouth over that name. I was reminded of another embarrassing incident including yet another Bob. I was getting off my college campus! (I have similar feelings now when I… [continue reading]
Shopping with Grandma
Frieda, my mom, is guest posting for me today. I have often heard this hilarious story repeated. Enjoy! Shopping with their mother and grandmother wasn’t Ashley and Andrea’s favorite thing to do. Sears was having a dress sale and Sara, their mother, needed something to wear to a wedding. As soon as we got there,… [continue reading]
A Silly School Girl
While I was at boarding school, there were certain school breaks when everyone had to leave the dorm. My parents lived too far away for me to go home other than for Christmas and summer breaks, so I had to rely on kind-hearted people to take me in. On one particular break an elderly couple… [continue reading]
A Funny Thing Happened on a Date
Here’s another story from my college days. I was happy to be attending a concert put on by our small Bible college with a very nice guy named John. I always thought dressing up and going to something special once in a while was great fun, but I wasn’t brave enough to go to these… [continue reading]
Skinnys Are People Too
I was a skinny, bony kid. I remember other kids always grabbing my wrist and measuring how little it was with their fingers. They would laugh at my skinny stick legs coming out of the bottom of my denim culottes. For the most part I didn’t mind very much. I just loved to laugh and… [continue reading]
Self Portraits Take Talent
Sometimes I see the pictures that I have posted of myself and feel kind of guilty. They are pictures taken on days that I have actually brushed my hair and uh well, not really an accurate portrayal of what I really look like. I’m really just a jeans, t-shirt, tennis shoes and pony tail gal… [continue reading]
The Grungy Ugly Underwear
There it was by the wall in the hallway–someone’s grungy ugly underwear. It looked like it must have been white at some point, but was now a dingy gray like maybe someone had used it to mop the floors. Who would have left their underwear there? It was so disgusting! My dorm mates and I… [continue reading]
A Dog and Her Toys
I looked out the window in the back door. Our Golden Retriever had compiled all of her backyard toys and her food dish in a pile in direct line with the door. There she sat staring at me with her big eyes. With heart melting I left the kids’ school work momentarily to get the… [continue reading]