December 2009
12 posts
A Glimpse Into My World →
I have often said that I ‘live in a weird world.’ I work odd hours at odd times of the year. My job requires me to leave my home and live somewhere else for 6 weeks each summer. And I spend a majority of my time with people who missed the entire decade of the 80s. If you’ve ever wanted to get a better glimpse into a portion of this weird and wonderful life to which God has...
New Experience #30 - The Nutcracker Ballet
My final new experience of the year was a bit of a 2-for-1. Apparently everyone else went to see The Nutcracker as a field trip during their middle school years. I, however, made it to the age of 29 without ever seeing The Nutcracker. In fact, I had never been to the ballet until Saturday night, December 19th.
Now, I don’t know too much about the technical aspects of ballet. There are...
My Perpetual Wish List
As gift-giving occasions approach, one is often asked, “What’s on your wish list?” It just so happens that 2 rather large gift-giving occasions in my life happen to occur within one week of one another - Christmas and my Birthday. I am completely aware that Christmas is not all about presents, but since this post happens to be about one’s wish list I will be tackling that...
New Experience #29 - Christmas @ Castle McCulloch
Jamestown, North Carolina has a castle! And that castle holds events such as weddings, in addition to having an annual Christmas trail and Carnavale. So, on Sunday night, December 13th, my roommate from college Mitzi and I ventured over to Castle McCulloch to take part in the Christmas trail.
We were both expecting to walk along a lighted trail outside. There was a trail and we did walk along...
New Experience #28 - Always a Wedding Guest...
I’m sure you’ve heard it said, “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride.” Well, even though I’ve been to my fair share of weddings, I’ve never actually been a bridesmaid. In fact, until yesterday I’d never had any role in the wedding festivities at all. It was as though I could create my own caption - “Always a wedding guest, never a part of the...
The Rest of the [Car] Story
When I last left off, I had a wrecked car and had been given a ride home by the very people I hit. That ride home was hard. I wanted to cry. I was frustrated with the situation - having an accident that I honestly couldn’t have prevented on the way home from a conference I didn’t really want to attend. I was thinking of all the things that I needed to take care of - contacting the...
My Thanksgiving Adventure
This post could also be called “My Adventure in Learning to Give Thanks in All Circumstances.” I had quite the unexpected and unplanned adventure over the Thanksgiving holiday.
The weekend before Thanksgiving, our region of the country has it’s annual Campus Crusade staff conference in Black Mountain, NC. This is a time for all the staff in our region (approximately 250) to get together, share...
