Monthly Archives: January 2012

Giving Gifts

This year for Christmas, I made all the presents for my close friends.  I make gifts not just because I am a poor college student, but also because I feel these gifts are more special.  Not that buying gifts is wrong, I love receiving purchased clothes and gift cards (hint-hintRead the Rest…

Weeping

I am, like many women, an emotional creature. I can shed a tear at the silliest things. A TV commercial. Losing my favorite sweater. A perceived slight (that probably wasn’t even a slight at all). Then, of course, there are the times when it’s actually warranted. If someone were toRead the Rest…

Help! My Teen’s Out of Control!

One afternoon while preparing dinner, Pat and her daughter got in a fight over…a pickle. Yes, a pickle. This soon escalated to all out war. Pat’s daughter hurled nasty words, and Pat reacted, saying things she regretted. Pat’s daughter stormed to her room, slamming the door behind her. Frustrated, PatRead the Rest…

Suffer Long with a Prostitute

It was my fourth semester of Old Testament. I sat in the second row, forth desk inside a room covered from floor to ceiling with painted maps of the nations of Israel, Abraham’s journeys, the Exodus, and many other pertinent Old Testament happenings. But that week the maps didn’t distractRead the Rest…

If Jesus Loves Me, Why Does My Coffee Taste so BLAH!?

Coffee. Just the thought of it makes me smile. Mmmm…coffee. Every morning my favorite mug sits ready for me to brew of fresh cup of coffee into her; I think the warmth and richness of it makes her smile too! After Jesus and my man, I’d have to say thatRead the Rest…