Have you seen this on You Tube? This is one of my favorite games! I love getting sucked into a battle of laughter and ridiculosity. I don’t always win, but I always have a few doozies to share that induce laughter, merriment — and when the mood is right — milk being shot from nostrils.…
All posts in December 2012
Connections
I met an unlikely sister. She was my patient. We had different backgrounds. Different life experiences. Different present situations. But we clicked. It just felt natural. Easy. Comfortable. I spent an extended amount of time with this woman. She had a complicated medical history and was feeling down. I was able to share her struggles…
Seeing the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Luke 2:6-7 This is just two verses and yet it contains so…
O Holy Night
I introduced my parents to this little ditty last year. We watched it at least a dozen times. Laughed hilariously. Imitated. Parroted and charaded as this singer. Everything was fine until our church sang O Holy Night last Christmas eve. We dissolved in a puddle of hysterics and shaking and were absolutely rendered useless singers.…
Happened Upon?
“So she [Ruth] set out and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, and she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the clan of Elimelech.” Ruth 2:3 This sentence is one of the greatest understatements in the Bible. After 10 years in Moab and…
Be Kinder than Necessary
“Be kinder than necessary for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” T.H. Thompson & John Watson I came across this quote recently and I’ve been unable to get it out of my head. I’ve felt its truth in my own life. I sometimes fool myself into thinking that as soon as I…
The Pothole Gospel
As a woman, it is one of the things I hate most. Car repairs. I hate not knowing the inner workings of my old Corolla friend. I hate feeling taken advantage of because of my ignorance. But mostly, I hate being stranded when things unexpected go wrong. This is where our story picks up. I…
Preposterious
Preposterous + Mysterious = Preposterious. I’ve coined a new word to describe my day. Even though it’s a Saturday, I had to work. Welcome to my world. I work EVERY Saturday. I’m an Occupational Therapist and I’ve learned that strokes just don’t seem to wait just because it is the weekend. So I worked. I…