Inner Circle
8 THINGS I LEARNED IN NICARAGUA
7:32 PM
After a week of travel, down south I learned a few things. Some were profound and some were just things...
1. There are good people everywhere.
I was terrified to arrive in a foreign country, after dark. I made Tom and Danielle walk me through exactly what would happen after I deboarded the plane. "Ok, and then which way will I walk? What will they say? What do I say?" They were so patient with me and walked me through every step, reassuring me that I would be safe.
"And then you'll see a guy holding a sign with your name. Go to him." There was no guy holding a sign. LPIMH: AYFKM?! I'm going to have to live in this airport until I go home because I don't have a ride, my Wi-Fi doesn't work, and I can't get a hold of my family. Just as I was about to freak out, Vladamir came up and told me he was the person taking me to San Juan del Sur. LPIMH: Umm, how do I know that's true? Where's your damn sign?
WHAT I'M LOVING WEDNESDAY-FAMILY EDITION
9:32 AM
It's a New Year. I've had days and days of family time and we didn't kill each other so I'm all touchy feely right now...
Big and Loud
I love it. I love when everyone is together. At least 30 people but I've known all of them since I was tiny. I super love our great big family.
Big and Loud
I love it. I love when everyone is together. At least 30 people but I've known all of them since I was tiny. I super love our great big family.
Psychic Family Members
There are some people who are so in tune with you and your history that no words are really necessary. They just know and act accordingly. Love that. Love them.
HAPPY 4TH ANGELVERSARY MOM!
9:22 AM
It's been 4 years since I saw my mom for the last time, so I thought I'd post what I read at her funeral a few years ago.
So I’ve been thinking about what I would say at this time for years; you would think I’d have it by now.
I just can’t seem to find a way to get across to this entire congregation that my mom was perfect. She wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the word but she was everything to my brother, to her husband-my dad, and to me.
Then again, if you’re sitting here, you probably know that already because my mom talked about her family incessantly. I would always tell her, “Stop Mom, people are going to hate us.” She would reply, “I don’t care. I know it’s terrible to be that smug about your family but I got the best.”
So I’ve been thinking about what I would say at this time for years; you would think I’d have it by now.
I just can’t seem to find a way to get across to this entire congregation that my mom was perfect. She wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the word but she was everything to my brother, to her husband-my dad, and to me.
Then again, if you’re sitting here, you probably know that already because my mom talked about her family incessantly. I would always tell her, “Stop Mom, people are going to hate us.” She would reply, “I don’t care. I know it’s terrible to be that smug about your family but I got the best.”
A LOVE LIKE THAT
7:52 PM
I have a confession to make.
Isn't that what you always do on here?
It's embarrassing.
Tom and Danielle moved to Colorado...and I'm sad. I'm already miss them so much. I have this enormous fear that my relationship with Philip and Lily is going to change. It's so ridiculous and irrational but I can't make it go away. I'm so scared they are going to get so, so close with their fabulous aunts and uncles in Colorado and completely forget about Aunt Katie. And it makes my heart hurt.
Isn't that what you always do on here?
It's embarrassing.
Tom and Danielle moved to Colorado...and I'm sad. I'm already miss them so much. I have this enormous fear that my relationship with Philip and Lily is going to change. It's so ridiculous and irrational but I can't make it go away. I'm so scared they are going to get so, so close with their fabulous aunts and uncles in Colorado and completely forget about Aunt Katie. And it makes my heart hurt.
THANKS FOR ALL THE BIRTHDAYS
5:57 PM
Today I would like to appreciate God for 53 birthdays we had my mom.
See, I truly believe he didn't really want her on this Earth for a long time.
From the time she was a baby, he kept trying to take her back to Heaven.
When she was tiny, tiny she spiked this fever that was so high it burned her teeth. He wanted her that day, but left her here on Earth.
