When we first moved to Dallas, we made some colorful friends who were actors at Scarborough Renaissance Festival- King Henry and a Contessa, to be exact. During October, the Scarborough Fair grounds become a spooky maze of haunted houses, Scary-oke, expensive food vendors, and a throng of tweens looking to snuggle up to their crush …
Tuesday, 7/11/2023, Nashville Airport 2:08 pm I wasn’t anxious about this until we popped open the back of my sister’s van. It’s not the actual flying that concerns me. The Baby is almost chronically un-anxious, as in, he is not anxious even when he probably should be, like when he tries to drown himself by …
January 23, 2023 Dear Mr. Sedaris, My son, {The Baby}, came screeching into the world via an emergency c-section at 26 weeks- a two-pound potato whose vital organs needed lots of assistance to keep him alive. I met him for the first time four months later, when his birthmother invited me to visit the Neonatal …
I remember talking about atheism and agnosticism in my world religions class in high school. In my little conservative corner of West Texas, we didn’t spend much time talking about the godless heathens, but I remember the description of Clockmaker god, who designed the world, perfectly calibrated all of it’s gears and dials, and then …
Let me preface the beginning of this series with a few things: I’m gonna take weekends off for my “writing every day” goal in November. I can do this because I’m a grown ass woman and I want to. I want to explicitly acknowledge that I have AMAZING parents who did the best with what …
Last August, my little family met my parents in Estes Park. We have done this trip every couple of years since I was a kid. We stay in cabins and hike and explore and breathe in the fresh mountain air. COVID made things a little different, but we were just happy to escape Dallas for …
Well, today the Wise family said hello to a new bed and goodbye to two of The Baby’s teeth. A few months ago, we started the laborious process of getting a SleepSafe bed approved through The Baby’s insurance because his crib had become unsafe. He was able to stand up in it and when he …
The Baby turned five this week. It’s crazy. All of those five years tend to blur together. After all, time flies when you’re drowning in medical chaos (just kidding…kind of). On the night of his birthday, our dinner conversation centered around remembering all of his firsts- the first time he sat up, the first solid …
(You can listen to an audio version of this post here.) I went to David’s Bridal today to purchase a bridesmaid’s dress for a friend’s wedding next summer. She had a dress already picked out in the system so they pulled her profile up and I followed the very nice saleslady to the racks laden …
(I realize this is very lengthy so I have strategically placed pictures of smiling animals throughout the piece so that you can mark your place if you need to take a break and come back to it. At my sister’s suggestion, I’ve also made an audio version of this blog. You can download/stream it by …
I grew up in West Texas- land of wide-open spaces, sky high teen pregnancy rates, and a colorblind racial ideology that masks racism instead of confronting it. In colorblind ideology, it is impolite to talk about someone’s race. I remember hearing a story about a friend who was trying to tell her son which store …
I just got back from San Francisco. I went to (hides face) a Christian conference. I found myself hesitant to tell people that it was a Christian conference because of the connotations of that. My sense is that many Christian conferences are lame attempts at pep rallies for God, the adult version of church camp, …
“What was I thinking?” I thought as I stared forlornly into the mirror. I should have known better than to impulsively stop at the hair salon directly adjacent to the Tom Thumb, still clutching my bag of avocados. I was hoping for a cute haircut before I left on my 10th anniversary weekend trip. Instead, …
I was a mere 21 years old when I got married. My uncle officiated our wedding. Before the wedding, my then-fiancee, now-husband, Alex, and I drove down to Corpus to do some premarital counseling sessions and stay with my aunt and uncle. After one of these sessions, Alex and I got ready to leave and …
I went to a vigil in Balch Springs for Jordan Edwards last week. It was everything you would want a vigil to be- beautiful and sad and moving and comforting. Like most, I was horrified by Trayvon Martin and Tamir Rice’s deaths. I have been deeply affected before by deaths caused by police brutality, but …
I went to my adopted family’s house early this morning to start laundry. I thought there was a burglar because lights were going on and off and no one had come out to meet me. So I left, afraid. I come to find out that my SAM brother was waiting for his carpool ride, thought … Continue reading
So the results are in. I think my pastor reads my mind because the sermon this morning fit my problem to the T (or M). It was about overcoming temptation and how Satan gets us in the small things. For example, I can definitely stay away from sex but impatience gets me every time. I … Continue reading
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Philippians 2:3 How have I become so prideful? It must have happened little by little because I never thought about it. When did the world start to revolve around me? When did I start to think that people … Continue reading
Here is a picture that my mother sent me from over the Christmas Break. I don’t know what’s weirder: A) That I’m 20 years old and this is my pediatrician B) That my mom is taking pictures of me talking to my pediatrician C) That my sister is sitting on the examining table and staring … Continue reading
I was moving my laptop into the living room and I tried to turn off my clapper by slapping my leg. It didn’t work. Now I have a red leg. Continue reading
Hello. My name is Beth and I incorporate swinging into my exercise plan. PS- I got to see Aaron today. We went shopping for his gf. Continue reading
Today was interesting. As I arrived at my bus stop, it started raining and I couldn’t have gone back to get an umbrella so I had to tough it out and it rained all day. I looked like this at the end of the day: (i.e. gross hair, wet skirt/sweatshirt, a furrowed brow) Continue reading
So yesterday was kind of a bipolar (good/bad) day. I had a good day at school (went to all my classes) and then Joe and I had just oodles of fun grocery shopping together. Junior High Bible Study didn’t go too hot because the girls talked and didn’t pay attention and then got mad at … Continue reading
What I listen to right now: Angelina/ Zooma Zooma by Louis Prima I eat antipasta twicejust because she is so niceAngelinaAngelinathe waitress at the pizzeriaI eat zoop-ing minestronejust to be with her aloneAngelinaAngelinathe waitress at the pizzeriaTi vol-glio be-neAngelina I adore youE vol-glio be-neAngelina I live for youE un pas-sio-neYou have set my heart on … Continue reading
I read today in John 8 and it’s Jesus trying to convince the Jews that they aren’t on the right track. They keep insisting that they are children of Abraham. In response, Jesus says, “You’re trying to kill me!!!! How can you be children of Abraham if he wouldn’t have killed me? You’re children of … Continue reading
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