Archive for October, 2007
Tuesday morning at the homeless shelter.
A couple of times each month, Big Guy and I serve breakfast at the homeless shelter at our church. We serve for the organization called PADS - Public Action to Deliver Shelter. This means we are waking up at the painful hour of 2 am to cook (ugh!). Here’s our morning:
3:30: We’re cooking sausage […]
Published by angelawd on October 30th, 2007 tagged Daily Christianity | 6 Comments »
The Worst Birthday Ever.
Little One turned seventeen on Friday, and I do believe it was probably the worst birthday she ever had. She’s been fighting a nasty case of the flu for the past week. She came home early from school and charged into the bathroom to vomit for fully ten minutes. Ten minutes. At the end, I […]
Published by angelawd on October 28th, 2007 tagged Mom of Teens | 9 Comments »
Demons Begone!
Can someone please explain to me why a crabby teen who has just snapped at you would go to her room and lock her door? It’s not like we want to go in there after her.
In the paper there was a picture of a Hindu celebration that ends with burning an effigy of a many-headed […]
Published by angelawd on October 24th, 2007 tagged Abnormal Motherhood, Mom of Teens | 4 Comments »
“The Talk”
The other night Little One came into my office and, spurred by an article in her Cosmo Girl magazine, announced that we needed to have “The Talk”.
Now, since she and First Born were little, we have had numerous versions of “The Talk”, ranging from #1: “God made your body very special” to #9: “If anyone […]
Published by angelawd on October 23rd, 2007 tagged Mom of Teens | 9 Comments »
I’m Working Here!
I’m still on a heavy deadline for a client and working hard tonight. Because it was a beautiful fall day (at least what I could see from my office window), and my office faces a fierce southern exposure, I’ve opened the window and the door is propped open. My family clearly can not live a […]
Published by angelawd on October 21st, 2007 tagged Abnormal Motherhood, Writing Stuff | 11 Comments »
The Ripple Effect
I have hesitated to mention some of the things that the Big Guy encounters in his job as a Ministry Director. I’m afraid that, with all the negativity towards Christianity, people might use these tales as fodder for anti-religion rants. But those of you who are able to distinguish human flaws from perceived flaws in […]
Published by angelawd on October 18th, 2007 tagged Daily Christianity | 10 Comments »
Dreams like reaching for the moon
Sometimes we’re blessed with the opportunity to step back and see the pattern and progress of our lives, and we’re better for having that experience. Last weekend I was a leader at a spiritual retreat, and I reconnected with an old friend, Sheri.
Ten years ago I was a shy single mom who worked in Corporate […]
Published by angelawd on October 17th, 2007 tagged Joyful living | 7 Comments »
There’ll be singing, and praying, and movin’ to the music…
Tonight I’m leaving for the Lake Geneva area to help lead a spiritual retreat. I’ll be leading a discussion group for breakout sessions after speakers talk about different subjects, like Grace or the Humanity of Jesus. There’ll be lots of singing (no Kumbaya, sorry), new friends to make, walks in the gorgeous multi-colored forest, and […]
Published by angelawd on October 12th, 2007 tagged Mom of Teens | 6 Comments »
Second verse, same as the first.
You may be thinking that since I haven’t mentioned Little One’s difficulty getting up in the morning, the situation has been solved. Au Contraire. Weeks of practice at rising to the sound of an alarm, any alarm, has not vastly improved her morning routine. And to my shame, we have resorted to pounding on her […]
Published by angelawd on October 11th, 2007 tagged Abnormal Motherhood, Mom of Teens | 6 Comments »
Can’t think of a catchy title. It’s about virginity and sexuality.
Warning: this is a serious one.
Last I read a blog post and subsequent comments that have clung to my mind ever since then. The post is at the hip, wise and funny This Fish and describes the author’s first sexual experiences and the value of sex without love.
My heart aches with all the stories I read from her commenters […]