defining the circles that make me whole
#prayersforanissa :: A City on our KneesPosted by Alli on November 20, 2009
When we drive around town, I usually have the radio on and it is usually tuned to J103, the local CCM station. One rather popular song that keeps popping up in their playlist is Praise You in this Storm by Casting Crowns. The lyrics are very moving and calming- reminding me that where ever the [...]
Being true to myself :: I’m a bloggerPosted by Alli on November 5, 2009
So, I decided to try and think about the things I know about myself in an effort to answer “Who am I?” question. And one of the areas of my life- one of the true things about me- is my online life. The blogging, the twittering, the facebooking, and the DIGITAL MOM part of my [...]
Fall FlarePosted by Alli on November 3, 2009
Yesterday morning I looked out the backdoor and stared at the mountain, peering at the colors of the trees and wondering, “Is it today?” I always worry I might miss the peak of Fall colors and with all the rain we had recently it would be very easy for the leaves to change and then [...]
ReintroductionPosted by Alli on November 2, 2009
Next Monday I am turning 33. My birthday always gives me a sense of excitement and entitlement. I always want it to be about me, me, me. From the moment I wake up, I desire to have everyone around shower me with love, attention, affection, and gifts. Honestly, it doesn’t ever really work out that [...]
Top Ten Tuesdays :: Things I like about my housePosted by Alli on October 27, 2009
Last Friday, Damon and a friend participated in Camp Out to Stamp Out Homelessness. It was put together by our local Interfaith Hospitality Network, a homeless ministry our church is heavily involved in. While it was fun for Damon and Dave, they got to make things out of cardboard (they did a tailgate area) and [...]
Fall BreakPosted by Alli on October 20, 2009
Our family had an awesome weekend. And when we got home, well, I took one look around and realized it was time for a break. As the mom who organizes a lot of things around here, I have been trying to prioritize the cake ingredients in order make school number one every day. Another homeschool [...]
A random encounterPosted by Alli on October 8, 2009
A few minutes after The Office finished airing tonight, we had a visitor at our front door. It was a woman we had never seen before and she was looking for her husband. She told us her fear of drugs, alcohol, another woman, and that she was going to find her husband dead. Thing was, [...]
Five years of motherhoodPosted by Alli on October 5, 2009
What five years of motherhood looks like. Fuller turned five today. This means I have been a mother for five years. I wanted to be a mother for such a long time. I knew I wanted to be a mom before I knew I wanted to be married. I even had grand plans to be [...]
My Type A Mom Come to Jesus MomentPosted by Alli on September 29, 2009
I’ve been home for three days now and I’m still overwhelmed with organizing my thoughts about the Type A Mom Conference. But, I’m going to give it a go. The conference was well organized with lots of intriguing sessions and very smart people on panels. Some of these people I knew of via the blogosphere/ [...]
considering fat acceptancePosted by Alli on September 15, 2009
I went to the doctor a few weeks ago for a physical. It was my first non-ob visit since Tebow was born AND since I had quit nursing in the last couple of months, I was going in with out baby-related excuses. I was going in to see exactly where I stood in Health category [...]
