Inside the Minds of Valerie and Mike (and Anna)
This is the third year in a row that I will challenge myself to hold to a daily Advent discipline of capturing a photo each day based on a prescribed daily theme. I will again post these photos in three locations: The VMWishes blog site (here) The VMWishes photo gallery The CTS Lutheran Facebook page The rules I... Continue Reading →
This year I decided I really wanted to go back to my confirmation retreats although I have been confirmed for about 2 years now. It was a great decision. The weekend was fun and a great change of pace. Although I enjoyed and looked forward to going on the retreats when in the program there was still... Continue Reading →
Poison Study, by Maria V. Snyder I picked up this book on a whim. A friend added it to her "to read" list. I read the description and thought I'd give it a try. I was a little skeptical as it is published by Harlequin (not my normal cup of tea). But, I was very... Continue Reading →
Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgeon My rating: 3 of 5 stars The author adds a very interesting take on the classic story of the Little Mermaid. While the story follows the same general plot line, the characters themselves are fairly different and there is a new dimension painted into the... Continue Reading →
A whole week of deep discussions and of lots of play time, of time to breath and making new friends. In the midst of what is turning out to be a very long and fairly tiring summer, this one week in Gettysburg was just what I needed. Along with 17 other pretty cool Lutheran teenagers... Continue Reading →
It's been a while since I've posted anything, but it isn't due to not knowing what to write. I've written many posts...in my head. I'm going to start with writing about Generation Z. I've seen a lot of articles pop up on my Facebook page about my generation. We are either the doomed generation or we... Continue Reading →
English class this year has continued to be awesome and provide many creative opportunities. For this assignment, we were asked to take one of the short stories that we read in class and write what was essentially a prequel by creating one prior significant event in a character's life that explained their characterization. My story came from... Continue Reading →
Arrival The long wait is over! In the still, dark hours of the night, A child has arrived. And the world is forever changed.
Name I have nothing to add to my post today. Merry Xmas everyone!
Prophecy 1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. Matthew 2:1-2... Continue Reading →
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