And now for the real life tales of real life hilarity. All of which took place on the wonderfully peaceful retreat of which I have just written. One afternoon while spending hours drinking tea, lounging in the heaven-sent lounge chairs (seriously, I have GOT to get me some of those!) reading good books, and dozing […]
The One with the Innkeepers
What a blessed stay we had at Innkeeper Ministries. It was exactly the rest and retreat we needed in order to transition from full time camp ministry combined with youth ministry, to “jumping in to the new school year head first” youth ministry. We were tired. In need of a definitive shift from one to […]
The One with a Brief Hiatus
I know I’ve been a bit lacking in the blog posting department lately. Sorry. It’s not you. It’s me. I can’t wait to get back to regularly scheduled programming. But for now, you’re going to have to put me on pause again. Or I’m putting me on pause. I don’t know. I’ve used so many cliche […]
The One with the Life Saving Overnighter
I may or may not have gone to bed at 9pm Thursday night. And even 9 felt much too late. I had been exhausted since 3pm or so. I think. (Scratch that–I know I have been on the verge of passing out since then.) But it was all for a great cause. Our most recent youth […]
The One with the End of Camp
My mother just informed me that it had been three days since I last posted. I know when my mom–the woman who would rather not be ushered into the technological realm–points out that my blog needs to be updated, well, then, gosh darn it, it needs to be updated. (No, mom, I was not actually […]
The One with the Preferences
Confession: I am territorial. I don’t get mean and catty about it, but I am definitely particular about my areas. Examples include the following: my desk at work. (though I got over that one. Just needed time to get comfortable at all of the desks.) my pew at church. (though that’s more out of habit than anything. but please […]
The One with What She’s Learned This Summer
::It’s okay to say “no.” In fact, it’s even healthy. I don’t have to do everything in order to know I’m loved, appreciated, or valued. ::It’s okay to admit when I’m tired and weary and need a break. Who knew I just couldn’t do it all? ::Carving quality husband-wife time into my day is so important […]
The One with the Prison Break
I’ll be honest. I love our cat. Butterscotch. Reginald. Baby. He answers to all three. And I know I love him because I clean his litter box. Something you may remember me saying I would never do. We have our little routines with him. We expect certain behaviors from him, he expects us to reciprocate. For instance, […]
The One with the Fragility
Remember when I mentioned this: “It’s okay to say ‘no.’ In fact, it’s even healthy. I don’t have to do everything in order to know I’m loved, appreciated, or valued. And it’s okay to admit when I’m tired and weary and need a break. Who knew I just couldn’t do it all?” It was just […]
The One that’s Slow to Speak
I love it when I make people laugh. And when they’re laughing at what I intentionally said or did. Not just because I did something totally lame and ridiculous and “Melanie-esque” which evoked the laughter. That just upsets me. But that’s another story entirely. This story is about my love of quick wit. No, I’m not […]