Every year I look forward to Operation Christmas Child. I have been packing shoe boxes for longer than I can remember, and each year it is just so thrilling. To know that such a small box of gifts can bring a smile to a child’s face and potentially change their life is incredible. For the […]
The One with a Quick Convo
Tonight I got to talk to these people: It was so awesome and so spur of the moment. My phone had suddenly beep beep beeped with three text messages–all from Spiritfire girls (from our former youth group) thanking me for the cookies I baked for them. (Britta was awesome enough to order them from my […]
The One with the New Favorite Book
You know that feeling you get when you’re turning page after page of a fantastic book? It’s thrilling, gripping, consuming. You just want to finish it, to find out what happens in the end? But then, as soon as you read the last word on the last page there’s a pit of sadness in your stomach. […]
The One with Her First Race
I ran my first race on Saturday. Yes, that’s right. I’ve been running for the past 6 years and never gotten up the courage to sign up for a race. It made me nervous just thinking about it. And I’d rather just run. Some of my fears included– being way too competitive. being mad at […]