Ok, before you deem me heartless, please hear me out. Tuesday night I popped into Whole Foods on the way home from work to pick up a few last minute Thanksgiving necessities. My husband was feeling sick with a cold, so he waited in the car. As I was perusing the lemon selection, a young…
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While You’re Waiting…
I heard a preacher preach a sermon once that we should strive to emulate Jesus, not only in his 3 years of ministry, but also in the way he lived before his ministry began on earth.
Thats Life!
I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. I’ve been up and down and over and out and I know one thing: Each time I find myself, flat on my face, I pick myself up and get back in the race! …
Life, Interrupted…
Have you ever had an unexpected opportunity interrupt you? How do you respond? Life is easy, and happy. You are content and feeling pretty good about things in general. Work is good. The commute is manageable. Weekly schedules are somewhat predictable. The lady at your usual Starbucks knows your order. Why screw this up? Suddenly you…
Turkey Outreach – feeding 70,000 Thanksgiving Dinner in Metro-Washington, DC
For the past 5 years, I have volunteered to serve in the annual Adopt-a-Turkey ‘Turkey Outreach” at my church. This event is like none other. Hundreds of volunteers show up to the church parking lot around 6:00 am the Saturday before Thanksgiving to set up four long assembly lines and unload food from massive Safeway…
Thanksgiving Prep starts TODAY
I am making Thanksgiving Dinner for my husband and my mother-in-law Judy. Several years ago, I found a delicious brine recipe from Legal Seafoods of all places. This is funny for several reasons, the least of which being that Brian worked at Legals for multiple years, I got a Turkey brine recipe from a seafood…
Welcome to My Living Canvas
Hi. I’m glad you found me. A little about me… Christ follower, wife, daughter, volunteer, missionary, employee, southerner, world traveler, music lover, cook, reader, writer, passionate, creative, loud, shy, visionary, idealist, silly, serious, sinfully reckless, wounded, humble, miraculously redeemed, seeking open roads, the silver lining, and the opportunity of a lifetime. Like the rest of…
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Stories from SE Asia
Thank you so much for supporting our mission trip to SE Asia. As you know, we partnered with Compassion International children’s ministries to complete construction projects and teach English classes. A typical day began with prayer and devotion time with our Indonesian brother and sisters. Then we got to work. Repairs included building a motorcycle…
Thinking about travel, culture, and love
A few months ago, a friend handed me a book called: Eat, Pray, Love insisting I read it before I embarked on my upcoming journey overseas. I was hesitant at first, because there are definitely some things in that book that I do not agree with or believe in- however- if we never allow our…
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