• Thoughtful Tuesdays*

    Thoughtful Tuesdays*

    I had some really great responses to the message I put up for my friend last week, and because I have a bunch of really neat things like that, I decided I’ll post one every Tuesday. I really like the idea of having specific things to post every day of the week because it encourages me to write, so here you go! GEORGE CARLIN’S POST 9-11 (After his wife had recently died). Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin, comedian of the 70’s and 80’s, could write something so eloquent…and so very appropriate. I hope you enjoy this. “The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings…

  • My thoughts*,  Church Stories*

    Settling In*

    Since we moved here I’ve felt that I didn’t quite fit in anywhere… at school, at church, sometimes even at work–until today. I don’t really know what changed or when, but tonight as I was sitting on a bus with someone I’ve recently become friends with, I realized that I’m starting to feel like I fit in here. It’s taken me a year and a half, but I don’t feel so awkward anymore. When we first moved here I had a very hard time. I was far from my family, in a city I didn’t know anything about, at a university in second year when everyone had already made friends.…