Sherry | October 31, 2009
Well, you might have guessed I couldn’t resist posting about Halloween, since I’m here in Denver with five of my six grandkids. But first a little walk down memory lane, a short walk. My own little darlings ready to collect their loot. You can see that things haven’t changed much for Ben (in this picture [...]
Sherry | October 29, 2009
I woke up on Tuesday morning with the desire to go to Denver to hang out with the Anderson family for a couple of days. Long story short—here I am! And the excitement hasn’t stopped. We had a good start on the snow when I got here and a day later we had 25 inches: [...]
Sherry | October 26, 2009
Yesterday during worship my head was bowed in reflection, but my eyes were open to what rested on my lap. What? Octobber? I hurried home to confirm my suspicion. Yep, every worship sheet this month… Sigh.
Sherry | October 25, 2009
Today our oldest grandson crosses over the invisible line into his teenage years. While we want to give Bailey plenty of room to be typical, we don’t anticipate anything tumultuous. If I were to list all his attributes, you would accuse me of exaggeration or chalk it up to grandmotherly pride. While the latter would [...]
Sherry | October 13, 2009
Tonight was the second of nine classes of a writing course—Lines, Curves, and Dots—offered at our church. We spent quite a bit of time in focus groups, sharing our assignment from the first class, that is to write a 250-word micro fiction. I’ve never written fiction in my life, so it was kind of fun [...]
Sherry | October 10, 2009
You can’t blame me for being proud of Mauri’s musical gifts, which he has spent a lifetime developing, honing, and using. Maybe I should say thankful instead of proud, since I have no basis for pride in something I had nothing to do with. I need to be careful here not to cross over into [...]
Sherry | October 6, 2009
We are out at the coast again for our annual pastoral team retreat. A cool element this year is for each of us ten to share some aspect of our life story. I spent my allotted 15 minutes talking about my parents. Mauri related stories of people who’ve played major roles in his life and [...]
Sherry | October 4, 2009
Today was our first family dinner of the new season. I’ve missed these gatherings during our summer hiatus, though there’s something to be said for taking a break. Everyone brings a food assignment (so we balance) and a one-minute show-n-tell. We never know what we’re gonna get. Today, after Wendy shared that over the summer [...]
Sherry | October 2, 2009
My mother was what today we call a stay-at-home mom. Most moms were back then. A fastidious housekeeper, she took pride in giving her family a nice place to live. I mean her no disrespect when I say she would turn over in her grave if she knew what I’m about to do: post a [...]