Taffy the Great

I was in the waiting room of a doctor’s office when I picked up an issue of Better Homes and Gardens.  As I flipped through the colorful pages of recipes and what sort of origami can make your child’s birthday party table festive, I came across an article about how a woman had made use of a… Continue reading The Reclaimed Tree Stump in My Own Eye

I looked through many quotes on contentment to begin this post.  There were several good ones made by great people: Abraham Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Henry David Thoreau, but none of them worked. So I decided that I should start this post not with a quote, but instead with trying to explain the feeling that rises up… Continue reading Contentment Conshmentment

I am ill prepared for any sort of apocalypse. I have come to this conclusion from watching multiple disaster movies over the years. In these movies there is some sort of horrible event.  These inciting incidents of the apocalypse vary.  You’ve got your tidal waves, your earthquakes, your ominous giant meteors, your sudden ice age. Then there… Continue reading What Disaster Movies Have Taught Me About Weight Loss

Eat with boys. I have the privilege of being part of an improv team.  I am the only girl member of Strangers andFools Improv. The guys on my improv team are awesome.  One of them happens to be my amazing brother.  I’ve been close to them and their wives for years.  The guys are dear friends.  I enjoy laughing… Continue reading How to Feel Thin and Healthy in One Easy Step

Singlehandedly one of the dumbest questions I could ask in all Christendom.  Rivaled only by, perhaps, “Where does the youth pastor come down on pajama jeans?” But in this Holy Week, I have been thinking about the fact that I believe in a living God.  I have mentioned this a few times before, as a source of encouragement,… Continue reading What Does Christ’s Resurrection Mean for My Diet?