Category Archives: The Life I Live

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I Live a Pretty Little Life…

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Do you ever look at your faith and wonder? Wonder if it would be strong if you didn’t “live a pretty little life.” Wonder if it will survive the really hard times. Wonder if it is wrongly based on the assumption that your life, as a Christian, will only get better, it certainly can’t get […]

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Mutual Respect & Admiration

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I think relationships between sisters are always complicated. They are like taking the already complicated friendships between women and putting them on steroids. Because you are innately alike, but also innately different. Because you have to share the time and attention of your parents, and sharing doesn’t always come naturally. And because you are dependent […]

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I Have This Terrible Tendancy

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I go through each day not acknowledging that THESE are the moments that make up my life, RIGHT NOW. These moments, not tomorrow, and not yesterday either. I wake up each day not actively, intentionally, writing the story of my life. I approach things like I am waiting for my life to begin. Waiting until […]

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From Kicking & Screaming To Grinning & Bearing

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Today I had to go to the dentist to get a cavity filled. Not to be all dramatic about it BUT, I have DREADED this appointment all day (actually make that all week.) As long as I can remember, I have had this “intense dislike” (my mom told my I should avoid use of the […]

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The Summer of Lindsey

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This summer has been A COMPLETE WHIRLWIND. I have been traveling non-stop and loving every minute of it. But I am worn out. And my life and my house are in disarray.  (Seriously can’t remember the last time I changed my sheets. I think it was sometime last week but I’m not quite sure.) With […]

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I Am A Big Scaredy Cat Or Something Like That…

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Or maybe I just know what I want? Or maybe I have no idea what I want? Or maybe I am content with where I am right now? Or maybe I am seriously afraid of change or of just putting myself out there? But in my defense, I have no fear meeting new people, confessing […]

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Happy Early Father's Day, Dad!

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I told you early this week that I am working on being “real.” So here it is, I am usually A TOTAL SLACKER when it comes to remembering Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Sure, I always pull through with the day-of phone call, but I never quite get the card in the mail in time. […]

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Tough Conversations

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Lately I have been “trying” to be “real.” I would never go so far as saying that normally I am fake, but sometimes when situations are tough, sometimes when relationships are frustrating, sometimes when life isn’t fair, I can be fake-ish. (I know, I know, that really isn’t a word, but why don’t you just […]

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What Did You Just Say?

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I am going to Bonnaroo tomorrow afternoon with a friend. As we bantered back and forth about what we’d need for the weekend, she asked me if I was going to bring a “book bag.” I said, “a what?” wondering why in the world I would take a bag full of books to a music […]

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One is Silver and the Other's Gold

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Way back when, during my time in the Brownies (the pre-Girl Scout society) we used to sing this song: “Make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the other’s gold.” I never had much of a singing voice (actually I never had ANY of a singing voice) but those lyrics sung over-and-over […]