L, J and I are on our fantastic Puerto Vallarta vacation adventure of awesome, where the sun and the fun and the margaritas and friendly Mexicans just don't stop!! We love the hotel that we're at, and are spending about... Continue Reading →
This is the story...of what happens...when you take 80 sweet, Christian, privately schooled junior highers...place them in the woods...allow them to wear "free dress"....and find out what happens when children stop being polite, and start getting REAL. jk. it wasn't... Continue Reading →
You know summer is coming when you see something skitter around your ceiling out of the corner of your eye, and you don't really want to look because it might be something scary, and you know you're going to have... Continue Reading →
So it was pouring rain, I was running to my car at the end of my last vball practice, and I had a bunch of keys and bags and things in both hands. I threw my stuff into my trunk,... Continue Reading →
I sat in the backseat, silently praying, outloud barking "slow down," one arm gripping the window frame and one hand sporadically reaching out and clutching my sister's leg, as our almost 16 year old step sister sped up from a... Continue Reading →
I'm having a really hard time with Carly's passing. Look at her staff page here. How cute is that girl? Her obituary...I can barely recognize what that means...obituary. It was a beautiful summary of an incredible friend. Yesterday I was... Continue Reading →
Last night was my "try to forget about things and let loose for a few hours" night. L, J and I had bought tickets to see "Rock of Ages" in the city, and researched a place for dinner, timed the... Continue Reading →
Carly has just left us...I think I'm still waiting for it to not be real, for life to go back to the part where I could still think of her as someone I was excited to see again at our... Continue Reading →
There are some people you meet in life that have so MUCH life, you think they could never die. People who change the way you think about others, who have a true impact on your character. Who you miss not... Continue Reading →
Lent - the 40ish day period of time when Christians give up something to simulate the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross. Now, this was the ultimate sacrifice that anyone could ever make....but we somehow think we're being all... Continue Reading →
Favorite moment of the day - driving home one of my players, and she blasted "Party in the USA" as we drove through traffic down Treat Blvd., screaming and waving out the window at everyone we saw. Specifically yelling "PEACE!... Continue Reading →
It felt a little like college this morning, packing up my papers, laptop, and red-ink pen, driving to a cafe to get some work done with a friend. Cafes are the bar of the daytime for those wishing to drink... Continue Reading →
Sunglasses Always Fit 