I am afraid of many things, but chiefly I am afraid of doing things wrong. When I was a button-nosed, wispy-haired first grader, my teacher–a woman with glasses and yellowy-gray hair a little bit wavy, who stood straight and was old and had a terrifying voice–told us it was important to write neatly. “If your […]
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Sometimes, I panic. My heartbeat quickens, my shoulders tense, and stress pushes from my center to my skull. The reason for this is purely mathematical. I am an author and a teacher, a farmer’s daughter and a janitor, a student and a missionary and a sister and a friend. Each hat comes with its own
My mind has been swinging wildly lately. A couple of weeks ago I decided to spend the next few years of my life in college. Then I decided my focus was wrong and switched to missions training in Asia. Then I gave that up in favor of spending a year in Deer Lake, my favorite
My twin–she is Luci from Alberta, and I am Luci from Wisconsin–asked me to write a guest post for her blog, Three Green Doors. Luci from Alberta and I have been amazed, ever since we first met a few summers ago, by how alike we are. Dreamers of enormous dreams, lovers of words and people,
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A second guest post by Gina Martin, author of Home Joys blog. I’m not a mother and homemaker like she is, but I have my list, and believe you me, I feel overwhelmed at times. I found this advice on “How to Do it All,” very helpful and equally applicable for any situation. Gina says:
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