I’ve been duped. Tricked into thinking, “I am rich, powerful, independent; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing” not realizing that I am wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked (Revelations 3:17). Tricked into believing that I should clothe myself in success and acceptance and pride and money and fame and fortune and beauty. Tricked … Continue reading
Category Archives: Life with Jesus
Unsolicited Advice for My Sister #6: Team Wise
My husband is kind of nerdy. Of course, I love this because it makes him unpretentious, interesting, and a perfect compliment to his wife, who is also a big nerd. We talk about our poor adoptive children who will think that talking in funny voices and breaking out into club dancing (at least a close … Continue reading
#FirstWorldProblems
“I bought a bag of chips but it was mostly air.” “My housekeeper gave me a birthday card but she takes out the trash so I have nowhere to put it.” “Just found myself complaining about wifi speed on an airplane.” “The restaurant didn’t have Coke so I had to order Pepsi.” “When my dishwasher … Continue reading
Mama Bear
The end of the semester at my ESL school is like Christmas. I am showered in dollar store jewelry, a plant that I’ve already killed and it’s only been three weeks, beautiful scarves, keychains, postcards, and… The student who gave this to me was one of my first “friends” at my work- a sweet lady … Continue reading
Dear Daughter
To my sweet daughter, At this moment, you are 8722 miles away from Dallas sleeping in an orphanage in Thailand. You are older, old enough to know what has happened to you, to remember your birth family, and ache with longing for them. And you are HIV+. We don’t know why or how you came to the orphanage, but I … Continue reading
Vow of Shhhhhhut It
I don’t think I’ve made it any secret that I have trouble controlling my mouth. Sometimes I have a filter and sometimes I let it all hang out. Sometimes I make little girls cry when I scold them in the grocery store and sometimes I accidentally ask my checkout lady if the little boy in … Continue reading
Unsolicited Advice for My Sister #5: It’s Okay to Cry
There was alot of crying in my family growing up. Not because we were all abused or sad- just because we had alot of feelings. Specifically, there were tears when we were feeling really happy, scared, angry, sad, touched, ashamed, sentimental, and insane (thus the patented Feemster laugh-cry). The other day Leah called me to … Continue reading
Mother Elizabeth: Preventer of Hair Tangles
I had a life changing experience on Sunday. I went to a picnic for international UTD students in the middle of a Dallas hurricane. It sounds exciting but all it really means is that I had to put my hand over my potato chips and a brownie flipped off my styrofoam plate and landed upside … Continue reading
Distracted
I haven’t watched TV since Wednesday morning. Guess what? No one has died…yet. I didn’t realize how entertwined television watching had become with some of my daily tasks. Doing dishes necessitates The Office. Heaven forbid I actually enjoy a bath in silence. Good thing there’s Parks and Rec to entertain me. Without television, I have … Continue reading
Dear America: Revisited
You might remember this post here where I ripped America a new one for our obsession with excess at the expense of others. As soon as I hit the post button, I immediately felt like I needed to drive to JC Penney and buy every article of clothing they have there, now that they’ve ditched their elastic … Continue reading
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