and Purposeful Prose
Continued from The Path... The beginning of this story starts HERE. Andrew was a lot like mushrooms after a bad rain. He just kept popping up. I never complained about this either. Since he worked at the other end of the mall, he’d drop by on his lunch breaks. So for the next month I [...]
As I came in from my walk today I said to Andrew, "I feel as if I'm about to turn over a new leaf. But I have to be careful to turn it over slowly." He says to me, "Uh huh, or else you'll fall off your lilly pad." That's about right. Then he added, [...]
Today has been a "perfect storm" kind of a day. I mean this metaphorically. I was up half the night, so I woke in a right awful mood. I was too tired to think and function, but too wired to sleep. So I started blurting out all of the things that were bothering me. I [...]
Continued from Stepping Stones... The beginning of this story starts HERE. When I met batchelor #1 I was unemployed. Though I went out looking for work, I struggled to hand out resumes. Some days I didn't apply for a single job. Fear and doubt kept getting the better of me. On reflection, if I hadn't [...]
Continued from Planting... A classmate once asked me if I was a Christian. Though I thought this was a question, it was more like a hypothesis. He was convinced that he already knew the answer. Nevertheless, I objectionably replied “No, I'm not!” I didn't want to be a part of that! Despite my emphatic "No!" [...]
Since Andrew and I will be celebrating 25 years married this month, this seems the perfect time to share some of our "How Andrew Met Tina" story, as well as, the events that lead up to my journey of faith. However, first there's a bit of a planting backstory. Before I met Andrew I was [...]
I'm not an entertainer For me there's little appeal I'd rather not to be type cast I prefer to keep it real. Sometimes I like to contemplate And drink in something deep There are times I have a lot to say Other times I barely speak. I can surely be filled with excitement But at [...]
While we're all trying to learn to navigate a world that has required us to do things differently, many of us are also trying to stay the course of our own personal journeys, shining light where we can. I often feel that I'm not pitching in enough, but I've had to let this go. It [...]
It's time for tea! After a stressful visit to the hospital it's time to savor and enjoy something a little more tranquil. Stash has me traveling to China for this challenge. My InfiniTEA War continues with Stash's Peppermint Tea still stomping a mudhole. Bring it Chocolate Mint! If you haven't been following this adventure, all of my [...]
When Andrew was denied entry to the hospital he was sure that this would be a problem for me, so he spoke up. I didn't want there to be any problems. I knew things had to be this way, so I said to him, "It's Okay." It wasn't okay. I was okay in that moment, [...]
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