The Beginnings – Emily Yutzy: “I really like people,” Emily says. “It’s interesting to me how you can learn something new from everyone you meet.” Emily works as a receptionist at a health and wellness center in Hutchinson, Kansas, where she has many opportunities to meet people. She also enjoys running outdoors, Pinterest, trying new […]
Women in the Trenches – RISE Kids’ Church Read More »
When I friend of mine told me about the baby shower held for her grandson, a shower where both men and women were invited, I thought, Of course! No reason at all why the daddy shouldn’t be there–and how fun to have the guys! One of those simple and revolutionary ideas you wonder you never thought of
Family Baby Shower Read More »
On the first Saturday in February, Mom and Dad and I arrived home from our nighttime cleaning job to the acrid odor of something charred. I walked in the door first. “What’s burning?” Chad was holed up in his room, but Jeffrey ambled from the living room, red-nosed and stuffy-looking. “Benny came in and asked
What to Do with Burned Birthday Cakes Read More »
I am fifteen, just admitted to the sacred precincts of my church’s Youth Group. My first official youth activity? A volleyball game with the Hayward youth–those cool, smart, and with-it people who live about an hour to the north and are driving down specially to play with us, the inelegant, un-cool Sheldon youth. We are
I have a picture of the two of us on my bookshelf. She is wearing her shiny blue windbreaker with the Wakarusa logo, her short hair mostly black, ruffled across her forehead, a little spiky. Me beside her, arm around her, grinning: deep-set eyes, hair parted flat against my head. I don’t pay attention to
The Things That Woman Gave Me Read More »
Site Supported By Wordpress.org Contact