How much time do we spend waiting? When my daughter was a baby I couldn’t wait for her to be older so we could talk at the dinner table. I recall my first semester of college when I thought college was so exciting I could be a student forever. But that feeling subsided and I found myself waiting for time to pass when I would graduate. Again, as an educator, I waited for weeks and days to pass until summer vacation. Now
Writing submissions and slush piles are about to drive me crazy. I have written and crafted illustrations for a Bible storybook which I have entitled The Creation. Now I am trying to figure out which publisher(s) to submit it to. I went to Books a Million and to Barnes and Nobles to see which Christian publishers were represented there and to locate books that were most similar to what I am writing or planning to write. Then I went home and looked
How to Wash Dishes Once a Week (And Get Away With It!) © 2002, 2004 by Janice GreenIt’s All About Focus… Part I: How to leave dirty dishes in the sink until the end of the week Part II: How to wash all those dishes at the end of the week without losing your cool.I envy people who have spotless homes and can leave their curtains pulled back and their front doors open without shame. I’ve even taken a stab at getting it together
I wish I knew what my grandparents were like since all but one died before I was three years old. What were my great grandparents like? Or my great, great grandfather who I’ve learned was a pastor who rode a horse from one church to another in his circuit? It is one thing to learn the names of my ancestors, but to me this has little meaning without some indication of their personalities. I wish I could enjoy a long conversation with
It’s Christmas Eve. I hear a lot of firecrackers from every direction in our neighborhood. I lament that most of the Christmas decorations in people’s front lawns have little or nothing to do with the baby Jesus. I have truly enjoyed participating in various activities leading up to Christmas–decorating the church, practicing for the choir Christmas program, I even helped make my own opportunity to go Christmas caroling this year, something that is almost a thing of the past. This evening