Mary Roach, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, New York:W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2003. Shelly Fraiser, narrator. I was twelve or thirteen, making my younger cousin seven or eight, when we saw our first cadaver. It was not the first time I saw a dead body, although […]
I can hardly believe the year is already over half gone. I am still loving 2012. Though there have been some big bugs to hit the windshield, I am thrilled this journey is continuing. So many good things have already come to pass, and I’m excited to see what’s next. […]
Like many in my generation, I didn’t grow up singing hymns. I knew some of the old standards, but I was much better acquainted with campfire songs, praise courses, and other, more contemporary tunes. After graduating from high school, I moved away from home for college and started attending a […]
Intentions are no good without some sort of accountability mechanism. Here’s how I’m doing so far on the 12 intentions I made for 2012 after the first three months of the year. Can you believe we’re already 25% done with 2012?! 1. Run. 10K scheduled for April 15. And I […]
Last Sabbath, the theme of the day was definitely the second coming. The Sabbath School quarterly focused on it. Then the sermon centered on it as well. That afternoon, we couldn’t stop talking about it. And one of the main questions that kept resurfacing was, if we really believe the […]
The Ann Arbor Big House Big Heart 10K, which I am registered for, is less than 3 weeks away. Running a 10K this year was on my intentions list. But really, it’s something I’ve intended to do for longer. I had wanted to run one around December/January of 2010/2011, but […]
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