Month: October 2024

  • Scratching the Theater Itch

    Hello, tender friends! Here’s a fun fact that I’ve touched on lightly on here at times: my friend Gini and I competed at the STANJ (Speech and Theater Association of New Jersey) festival in high school. I never considered myself “funny,” but our theater teacher pushed us hard to take a comedic improv slot. I…

  • How We Treated Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever at Home

    Hello, tender friends! Don’t worry-this kid is doing absolutely fine! Treating Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever is no joke. But the silver lining is that this experience has increased my confidence in my home medicine cabinet in treating something that I had not previously encountered. And for those of you who are concerned that I didn’t…

  • Loving God

    Hello, tender friends! Happy Monday from my little Boo Boo and me. I’ve had a breakthrough in understanding the first commandment. You know, that one that says to love the Lord with all your heart. This has never come easily to me. I know, I know, obeying the Lord’s commands is how we show we…

  • Thank You, Maniac!

    Hello, tender friends! In 2008, I met this wonderful human named Megan. (I wish I had a picture of you to post here, Maniac!) We were both doing a TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) course in Barcelona, Spain. We had alliterative nicknames for each other as part of our course, and she became…