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 …
My dad used to always have a mustache (now it’s off and on). One time he shaved half off. I think men who have beards that shave them off look like gumballs. So I guess my dad looked like half a gumball. When I was in elementary school, I had this truly hideous shirt that … Continue reading
Hmmmm. NEXT! 18) I drive with my windows down. I would like to say that it’s because I’m really cool and I like people to hear what music I’m listening to (Michael Jackson?) but that’s not the case is. The truth is my dad taught me to be cheap and frankly, air conditioning costs money. … Continue reading
Well, I’ve decided to jump on the band wagon but only slightly, like I’ll rest my arm on the end of it. I am going to give you a number of facts about myself. I am not going to constrict or force myself to complete a certain number. 1) In our food court in the dorms, we … Continue reading
{second entry of the day} I’m in the process of moving out of my dorm room and I thought I should say a few words in rememberance: [Note: most of these are probably sarcastic, but if it sounds like I would really miss it, then I probably will really miss it] Oh dorm room, how … Continue reading
{Well, first of all, I’d like to give a big shout out to Joanna J. who has read all of my Xangas. She teaches Junior High and the girls adore her, as do I. She has an awesome laugh and cool red hair. Now, that is a suprise. } I’m reading through Luke, trying to … Continue reading
welderbeth: what is you doing for dinner tonight?rebekwelch: i found keith greenrebekwelch: and i think i was going to freshamn dinnerwelderbeth: i thought he was deadrebekwelch: are you?welderbeth: no i’m not deadrebekwelch: i mean my cdrebekwelch: i mean dinner Continue reading
Yesterday, I went to a Sponge Bob Square Pants slip-n-slide party. It was set up in the front yard. We also played with water balloons. The participants? Four college girls who know how to have a good time. Yesssss. Continue reading
I was never one of those kids who experimented with bad words. My worst phase was third grade when I would take the Lord’s name in vain. In fact, I used to not even let people say the word “crap” around me and now I say it more openly (which I shouldn’t). I think it’s … Continue reading
Well, it’s only 1pm and God has already taught me something huge today. After the shower this morning, my nose stud fell out but I didn’t realize it until I was walking out to my carro to go to Half Price books (whoop). Get this. When I discovered that it was missing, I got self … Continue reading
So I’m the one that takes out the trash in our suite. It has been a weekly struggle for me to do it lovingly and humbly. I continually think, “I’m doing this to please God….but they would even lift a finger or acknowledge that I do this every time the trash is full.” That’s not … Continue reading
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