Tag: Kansas City
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My First Virtual Reality Experience
Well, here’s a fun post for you! Every time I close my eyes, I see my Virtual Reality experience today, so you now get to go through it without all the Inception-like feelings of confusion with me. Also, if you ever plan to go on this fun excursion, there will be spoilers and more details…
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“For Purple Mountains Majesty…”
Last weekend, I had the honor of going to my favorite area of Colorado for the 5th time. This was my third time going for a women’s conference, and it seems as though every time I go for a conference, I fall more in love with the area. Obviously, I love visiting, but something about…
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Surprise Friendships
“Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful friend who can find?” Proverbs 20:6, ESV (emphasis and word change are mine) I haven’t talked about it in a while, so I’ll reset my life story briefly: my dad was in the Army from 8 months before I was born until well after…
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“Go Hard.”
Over the last two weeks, I’ve had a culmination of all my inner frustrations and disappointments hit me and cause such an intense blockage in my soul that it was what my pastor likes to call “a crisis of character.” And boy howdy, it was that. When I start to daydream about running away from…
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Same… But Different
I’ve been putting off writing this post for a number of reasons. The chief reason is that I really am trying to keep this blog from becoming a “grief and loss” blog. The secondary reason is that I have been feeling a big loss and trying to convince myself it’s silly to still have these…
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The Memories We Leave Behind
Years ago, there was an older gentleman near my neighborhood who began going on nighttime walks with a dog that, to my eyes as I drove by at 40 miles per hour, seemed to be hobbling. One night as I drove by, I was shocked to discover the dog only had 3 legs. I’m not…
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Beef jerky grief
Last week, June 14, was the 10-year anniversary of my dad’s death. I felt fine leading up to the day and even after my uncle and grandpa arrived in town for the weekend. My uncle, grandpa and I went to Manhattan, Kansas, and for the first time in 10 years, I visited my dad’s gravesite.…
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Deja Vu…
Today we had a family dinner. We try to have one about every month or so. I love when we have them on Sundays because Sundays were always the “family day” growing up. We would go to church in the morning and then the rest of the day was usually spent with just the four…
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Do I Surrender All?
Happy New Year!The Lord has prevented me from posting until now, and I’m only posting this for my own posterity and not really for anyone else’s. As is usually the case with the turn of a calendar year, I began with some goals in mind. Achievable, but not so easy that I would have them…
My Social Media-less Life 