Sherry | September 30, 2008
This is the day we’ve been waiting for—the day of Rachel’s scheduled ultrasound that would reveal the gender of our grandbaby along with its general well-being. Just before I left for work this morning my phone chimed. A picture and the message: It’s a baby! Of course I instantly saw the distinct Macy profile. No [...]
Sherry | September 29, 2008
I follow a blog that features different artists and their work. Sometimes I dig it, and sometimes I don’t get it at all. With copyright laws and all, I’m never sure if it’s okay to print something I find there, but I don’t “worry” about pulling digits from the Internet and storing the files in [...]
Sherry | September 27, 2008
Last night a small group of family and friends gathered to bless John and Erin as they embark on their vagabond adventure around the world. Collective love filled the room as we heard their travel plans and then shared individual blessings for the two. Today, Pete and Linsey and Mauri and I drove the travelers [...]
Sherry | September 26, 2008
When I go home at the end of the day Mauri often asks me if anything exciting happened at the office. Today my answer was yes! Since three-year-old Livie (Olivia) comes to the office often to visit her nana, that alone might not have made the “exciting” list. But add six-day-old Sam (Samantha) to the [...]
Sherry | September 25, 2008
Beginning on July 8 every year I wait for September 25 to arrive. For some reason I don’t mind being a year older than Mauri, since back in our youth I was used to being a year ahead of him in school. But during those two and a half months my age is two numbers [...]
Sherry | September 18, 2008
On our final morning together Cass and I paged through her craft book looking for something we could create with the supplies we had in the house. “If only we had some beads, we could make a mecklace.” (Yes, mecklace. Not very long ago we grieved the loss of Marissa’s mispronunciation of breakfast as brefkast. [...]
Sherry | September 15, 2008
My friend Lisa and I just started a Beth Moore Bible study on the fruit of the Spirit. In the introductory DVD we were shown how to sign Galatians 5:22-23. We were also encouraged to learn it. So I brought the DVD to Denver, hoping I’d find a couple of openings in my busy days [...]
Sherry | September 12, 2008
On those rare occasions when Taylor calls me I’m usually at the office. Since Denise most often answers the phone, she asks who’s calling and he responds: “It’s her baby.” Now you need to know, I love this. Tonight—in Denver—we celebrated my baby’s 32nd birthday. He doesn’t remember much about the day he was born, [...]
Sherry | September 10, 2008
Just when I thought my domesticated days were behind me (after all, I married a man who cooks!), I got inspired to bake a pie with the apples that continue to carpet our backyard. Since I make a big mess in the crust-making process, I had decided it wasn’t worth the effort. I’ve owned a [...]
Sherry | September 9, 2008
Friendship with Deborah Johansen came with the package when I married Mauri. Since they’ve known each other through thick and thin for many, many years, she didn’t have much choice in the matter. The nice part of that deal is that she and I developed a unique bond, and now we just love each other [...]