Upon a time of turmoil this Amy Grant song lifted me up through tears of grief yet tears of cleansing, and it is doing it again. Words by Brown Bannister, Chris Christian, Amy GrantFrom the album Never Alone I had laid some mighty plansThought I held them in my handsThen my world began to crumble [...]
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Change is hard Leave a comment
Completely overwhelmed, but still soothed by nature’s glory Leave a comment
042 Originally uploaded by criscollrj I’ve noticed that nature greatly soothes me as well as prayer. And also just being with family and laughing. But things are crazy, and I just have never any time for blogging, etc. I often think lately that I’d just like to totally quit working so I can catch up [...]
Almost August and I haven’t even been swimming yet! Leave a comment
DSC00709 Originally uploaded by criscollrj We took this back in June when we did take Colleen & her friend to the beach for a while. We haven’t been back. I didn’t go in that day and neither did Ryan — Ryan has been afraid of the “different” lake water and this is the closest he’s [...]
Graciously accepting help Leave a comment
I was just thinking this morning that this is one of the lessons I’ve had to learn. I’ve been thinking about, what are the things I’ve had to learn in this walk we’ve been on in life? Graciously accepting help, though I’ve not yet gotten very good as ASKING for help; accepting my limitations; and [...]
Christmas 08 Leave a comment
It’s a good thing I love Christmas, as it comes whether you want it to or not! Pics in flickr I’m going to order the kids presents today, and Colleen is having a little party for her friends this Friday night. Next Saturday the 20th is the family party. I look forward to that every [...]
It’s almost your birthday! Leave a comment
chrisyawn Originally uploaded by criscollrj. 18 years ago this morning I was wondering if I was in labor! I’ll be back to post your birth story [ad#Google Adsense]
No time! Leave a comment
So what’s taking my time? All kinds of things! working trying to clean house learning the Dave Ramsey method of financing occasionally exercising, but eating too much candy Seeing Chris! Overseeing Colleen & Ryan Checking out facebook (my user name is dori typesalot) and finding old friends on there. Cooking homecooked meals to save money! [...]
NaBloPoMo, and Chris Leave a comment
Ha! Can I do this year? I barely did it last year. Hmmmmmm… Thinking. We’re seeing Chris today and going to chiropractor and take him for a ride! I’ll post Halloween pics tomorrow – that’s post #2!
Where’s Chris? At the blue house… Leave a comment
1-26-03 005 Originally uploaded by criscollrj. Chris has been at his new home over a month now. It’s going very well! It’s odd though to have him gone. I know he’s getting a lot of outings, is on a very good routine, and with the low-fat diet he’s on he’s lost 11 pounds! Ryan has [...]
Colleen back to school— Leave a comment
IMG_1968 Originally uploaded by criscollrj. Colleen went back to school yesterday but only made it half the day. She saw four of her friends, though, including the girl in the middle. Girl on right is still at the middle school. They’re not in any of her classes. She got to three classes and then came [...]
