April 21, 2017 Carnation, WA Dear Katie, I realize this is not the kind of letter you’d like to receive. You are private, discreet, and mostly set out to make sure everyone else gets the attention and the praise. But after twenty-two years of friendship, and thirty nine years of life, it seems appropriate for…
Here we are at the end of another week. Spring has finally arrived, although we’d hardly know it. So far we’ve had two days of sunshine and about a dozen days of rain. The incessant rain we’ve had in the Seattle area is starting to drive me mad. I’m hoping for sun this weekend, but…
Hi Friends, Well, Lent is here. We are officially in the Wilderness. My sister Judi arrives for two weeks from Australia, and I am ecstatic. My dad’s birthday is in March and he turned 60 last year. At the time, I had no emotional reserve to do much for it and I felt so bad….
Dear Friends, I survived High School Spanish! Some days were way harder than others. Wednesday, I kicked two kids out of class. Yep. That’s right. Kicked. Them. Out. Why, you ask? Let me tell you … CELL-PHONESÂ I have concluded that cell-phones are from the devil. The. DEVIL. Since when is it okay to text…
