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Keep Moving Forward

One of my favorite movies is Meet the Robinsons. I love it for a lot of reasons, but one of the characters keeps repeating throughout the escapades of the short…

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Don’t Give Up On Me

My granny has been my biggest cheerleader since I was born (even though I kicked her in my sleep when we shared a bed one night two decades ago). This…

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Who Am I?

A combination of things has had me pondering my identity this week. I could wax on about that, but as I just finished reading a retelling of Hamlet with the…

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In Between

My juniors are starting to tell me they have senioritis, and the seniors coming over for tea are more emboldened to ask for coffee as they talk to me about…

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Someone’s Story

My students are incredible. I sat listening to a student describe trips to her home country akin to the plot of an action movie over cups of Dominican coffee gifted by…

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Onward and Upwards

The catheters were waiting for me Tuesday morning, and with the aid of some supplements, loads of raw garlic, harntee, liters of water, and unlimited bathroom breaks, I'm pretty sure…

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No Trading

I woke up yesterday to weird and wonderful news from one of my best friends as she called me the minute she was released from a vow of secrecy to…

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Happy S.A.D.

Three years ago, I was sprung from REHAB for an evening to participate in our annual emotional Staff Appreciation Dinner (which we are roundly discouraged from referring to as SAD, but…

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The Brain and the Body

The sun came up over Kandern Monday morning just as it does everyday. Springtime means the golden rays light up this town earlier and earlier, but it was the first…

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Impressed

I started to type out a full report here of my Jahreskontrolle from this Thursday, but it started to get pretty long, so I decided to give you the impressions…

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Bare Bones

I gave a pretty sparse update last week and promised to deliver more today. I'm not one to disappoint, and the poetry of today's sermon being on the dry bones…

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Season Promo

Spring is thinking about showing up in Kandern. It's tested out a couple days, and on those days, Cindy and I have walked around the fire station without braces. I'm…

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Not for the Faint of Heart

Content warning: this blog entry contains description of nasty side effects of nerve damage. Leave now, and come back next week if you get grossed out easily.     When I…

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Public Figure

Years ago, I listened to one of my favorite professors in college relate the story of running into a student at Safeway. Apparently this college student had not ever stopped to…

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Are You My Mother?

I spent a lot of time on my computer this week trying to sort through insurance claims and licensing paperwork. I'm not going to lie, it's stressful and overwhelming. It…

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Hidden Treasure

This Friday I had a wonderful conversation with a student about what the Lord has taught me over the past three years. "I wish you could share that in chapel!"…

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One Small Step

This week had some incredible highs, and I can't believe I'm going to tell you the best thing wasn't taking three steps with Cindy only holding my gait belt and…

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Answered Prayers

I'm so grateful for all the birthday wishes and prayers last week. I thought I'd give specific reports based on what I requested for prayer about. Thank you for taking time…

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The Thing With Feathers

I was never a huge fan of Emily Dickinson, but we've almost all heard the line, "Hope is the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul." Hope is…

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Juxtaposition

Friday evening I went over to hang out with my next door neighbors and watch some mindless internet-tainment. We also ended up talking about how much we care about our…

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