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My Last Blog Post 17 Dec 2012 | 01:00 pm
same day cash advance (The photo is of me breaking the sound barrier on a tricycle during our annual trek to the mountains. I chose this photo because most times this is how my life feels: exhilarati...
Crisco: Superman’s Weakness 14 Dec 2012 | 05:30 pm
Today I’m posting over at Deeper Church. The post is called “When Crisco is Kryptonite and Candles are Stars.” Here’s a taste: The kitchen is an explosion of flour and sugar. Cade, Lucy, Abra and Sam...
The Whiny Voices of Anti-Adventure 14 Dec 2012 | 04:00 am
Today I’m guest posting over at Ed Cyzewski’s blog about “Five Things That 10,000 Miles Taught Me About Being a Father”: I’ve been trying and failing and trying again at this “Dad” thing for the last...
What Kind of a God 13 Dec 2012 | 01:00 pm
An excerpt from How to Use a Runaway Truck Ramp (this section was written by Maile): So tonight, we begin the final leg of our journey. Two nights ago, Shawn and I sat across from each other (he on ...
The Isolation that Comes With So-Short Days 12 Dec 2012 | 10:46 pm
In the summer, when everything is cloaked in heat waves that squirm up off the pavement, I feel very much part of the physical world around me. Somehow the warm temperatures glue all the molecules tog...
Fear and an Open Adoption – Adoption Stories With Rebecca Wenrich 10 Aug 2012 | 03:00 pm
Not too many days ago I was at Angela’s Cafe (where I do a lot of writing), and I came around a corner, only to be (nearly) taken out at the knees by one of the cutest toddlers I’d ever seen. Later th...
“Have You Ever Passed Out While Getting a Shot?” 9 Aug 2012 | 03:00 pm
“Have you ever passed out while getting a shot?” the kind old lady asked me, picking up each of the needles and examining their contents. “Uh, no,” I said. But for some reason I suddenly felt not-so-g...
Returning From Our Trip With a Different Child 8 Aug 2012 | 03:00 pm
“Are you there, dad?” “When are you coming up to say good-night, dad?” “How many hours will you be gone, dad?” “You will come back to pick me up, right dad?” “You won’t forget me, will you dad?” * * *...
Why Sammy Screamed, and What I Told Him 7 Aug 2012 | 03:00 pm
Sam screamed again. It was late, and he was exhausted, and through that thin veil of tiredness his anger broke through. He sat in his bed, and he wailed. Sometimes his cries took the form of a long, d...
What God Asked Me After I Listed All the Things That Suck About My Life 6 Aug 2012 | 03:00 pm
I left a party a few nights ago. The laughter and the food and the deep conversations had helped me forget about the things in my life I’d rather not think about, but as soon as I turned my car for ho...
