Beth Wise

Tag: friends

  • Gratitude Project: Day 25

    Because I am a a psycho who likes to stress herself out, we hosted a conspiracy dinner a mere week after we moved into our new house. Before the move, I was clipping letters out of magazines to glue onto the invitations whilst I sat among boxes begging to be packed. (Also, the invitations stated…

  • Death Wears Purple Running Shoes: The Finale

    Hi there. Beth here. I’m currently sitting in my kitchen. My eyes are bloodshot, my knees are locking up when I walk, and the bottom of my feet are on fire. I ran a half-marathon today. I moved my body 13.1 miles, and lived to tell the tale. Here it is. The day before the…

  • Jar Jar Drinks

    A friend and I have been reading through 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess by Jen Hatmaker. It’s about pulling out of the system; disengaging from this consumeristic, stressed-out, distracted culture. It’s an excellent read and it will make you want to pull your hair out. Anyway, we got to the chapter on waste and…

  • How to Adopt Adoptive Parents

    Before I started this process, I wouldn’t have known what to say to an adoptive parent except, “Yay! Congratulations!” and I might jump up and down a little. For me, adoption was fairly foreign because I only know a few adopted people and even fewer adoptive parents. What do you say to people? How do…

  • Em’s Sauceless Pizza

    I’ve known Emily since we were in diapers, literally. Our parents were best friends so we grew up together. If I had a second sister, she would be it. I don’t remember cooking with her when we were kids. In fact, the only time I remember consuming anything when she was around was that time…

  • DC Day Two

    We limped over to the Metro to ride to the Eastern Market. Alex’s knee pits were on fire and I was walking on blisters to meet my friend, Emily, who’s lived in DC for about 4 years.  After looking around at the market, we walked towards the Capitol and met up with a friend of Em’s.…

  • 2011: A Year in Review

    Hello friends and family- If you were breathlessly checking your mailbox every day for a Christmas letter from Alex and Beth, you can breathe now. Here it is….in all its glory.  Don’t get me wrong. I love sending people mail but I just bought replacement ink for our printer after months of us talking about…

  • Saving a Stranger from Imminent Danger

    I don’t know. Maybe it’s my old age or my big city ways, but my sense of personal boundaries has been steadily eroding since I graduated from college and moved to Dallas. Sure, it’s always been the case that if you say to me, “Man, I really hurt my back yesterday”, I will inevitably punch your…