Do What You Can

Today there is nothing specific on my calendar except a meeting tonight with a group of teens to finish some planning for a youth retreat that is happening next week. However, my to do list is very long and I'm running into that strange wall of feeling...

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Blessings

My other reason for going to Arizona was to be there for the blessing of my newest nephew and to spend time with my parents and siblings. It was wonderful. We are seldom all together (the last time all eight of us gathered was in 1994, just before I...

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My Grandma is Ninety!

My paternal Grandma, Joy Bateman Wixom Samson, was born in 1922. When I think about the changes she has witnessed in the world in the time since her birth, I am filled with wonder. She was born on a farm and grew up with few conveniences that were...

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Breathing Room

By the time I got on the plane early Thursday morning, I was going on about 4 hours of sleep and carried with me to the airport a nagging feeling that I hadn't done quite enough to get ready for the coming weeks. Fortunately, whenever I get through security...

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Star Wars!

Sara was away with friends on a low-key senior trip this week and Evan and I had the place to ourselves. Most of the time he was studying for his finals but they ended Friday (yay! summer is here!) and we got to watch Star Wars movies together. Oh the...

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Of Almond Croissants, Mysterious Letters and a Walk Under Blue Skies

Corinne and I went up to Baltimore on Monday (just because) and the skies were so blue it seemed impossible. We wended our way to Fell's Point and ended up parking, with no prior knowledge or planning,  RIGHT in front of the Robert Long House, the...

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Book Review: I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith (She wrote 101 Dalmations! I didn't know that.) I listened to the Audio book, which is abridged, sadly. YA Fiction You might like this book if you like well-written, clever fiction with interesting female characters or if you enjoy coming-of-age...

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Awesome Times

As it always does, even when I'm busy having existential crises, my life goes on and it is usually pretty fabulous, which makes the existential crises kinda funny when I think about them rationally. Ha! So, here is the REAL story of my life: Evan of...

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Looking for the Profound

My name is Kellie and I am afflicted with the worst kind of perfectionism. It's just my personality, no big deal, just my very fundamental make-up, so it should only take a lobotomy to solve. Sheesh. But that's the thing. I'm ready to move on from this...

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Book Review: The Night Circus

By Erin Morgenstern Fiction, Fantasy You might like this book if you enjoy stories about magic, romance, and mystery. This book has all three. I started reading this last fall without knowing too much about it, then put it down for other pursuits....

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Night Walk

The other night I took an evening walk. I started out just as dusk was falling and had my first glimpse of this season's fireflies. My walks often take me through the surprisingly deep woods along the paths near my home and the fireflies were like...

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