Last night while driving home after a cupcake baking party I happened to hear the words of one of my favorite Christmas hymns: O Holy Night. [Thanks, radio station that hits the Xmas button the second Halloween is over.] This week has entailed a few conversations about why I and others “do not appreciate” closed [...]
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waiting
Posted in dialogue, education, life, reconciliation on November 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
a weekend, in parts – two
Posted in current loves, deafness, education, life, one holy catholic and apostolic church, raise your feet it's getting deep in here, reconciliation, rental children on September 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So, this past weekend involved a cancelled road trip with J to see D and go to the Greek Fest there replaced by a trip with J to mass at a parish I hadn’t been to before followed by a Greek Fest here in town. I could say a lot of critique-y things about the [...]
a weekend, in parts – one
Posted in current loves, deafness, education, life, one holy catholic and apostolic church, rental children on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For some time I’ve been processing an event that happened to me in this last week, which is great because I haven’t had too much else to ponder with how crappy I feel at the moment. Not only has it been an event with implications, but it was a joyous event. I’ll have to talk [...]
jesus is coming, look busy
Posted in deafness, education on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
[Kid, not talking or otherwise participating in therapy] Kid: [silence] Me: Guess I’m gonna have to check your hearing aids before you’re really in trouble for not listening. [BUZZ BUZZ - activation of intercom in observation room] Kid, startled: What that? Me, nonchalantly: Oh, that just means someone is watching us. Kid: [stands up, walks [...]
give us clean hands
Posted in altar guilding, chalicing, confirmation, deafness, discernment, education, ev, one holy catholic and apostolic church, sick day, the communion of saints on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I keep hearing something in blogs and articles that bothers me. Perhaps I should stop being a glutton for punishment and cease and desist from reading all material with a viewpoint not aligned with my own, but I think staying only with people of like mind is kind of isolating and ignorant. So what is [...]
much too young to feel this damn old
Posted in current loves, deafness, education, life, sick day on August 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I may feel like a complete piece of shit, but days like today make me glad to do what I do at work. I think one of my kiddos who is reluctant to talk crossed a bridge today and established a little bit of trust with me. When I took the kiddo back to the [...]
jesus, remember me…
Posted in education, sick day, the communion of saints on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
…when I’m posing as a Sunday School teacher tomorrow. What kind of idiot who can barely drive and hobble up to the altar rail agrees to fill in as a SS sub when the regular teacher is on vacation and the backup is deathly ill? Me. I think the medicine is impairing my executive function. [...]
i would take some cheese with that whine but my stomach won’t take it yet
Posted in depression, education, sick day on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am completely wiped. Going back to work full-time has absolutely taken it out of me, not to mention I’m still in pain and barely eating. I did eat three separate times today – nothing healthy and very small portions, mind you, but at least my stomach is tolerating some foods again. I think yesterday [...]
should i go to church?
Posted in altar guilding, education, the communion of saints on August 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While googling “should i go to the emergency room” at 2 this morning, Google helpfully suggested “should i go to church”. I saved that search for later and when I clicked on some of the links, they were just as scary as I suspected they may be. Go to church because it makes God happy. [...]
i get it, i’m the black sheep
Posted in altar guilding, cranky old lady, depression, discernment, education, life, the communion of saints on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One great benefit of being home sick and then being on break from school is that I get a lot of time to read and listen to NPR. Today’s Talk of the Nation included a discussion on clergy burnout. Naturally, the NYT article on clergy burnout was initially discussed along with denominational strategies and programs [...]
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