Entries Tagged as 'on the other hand'

March 24, 2008

Easter “Lite”

Back in December, our worship minister resigned to pursue other opportunities. He had a bunch of responsibilities in his worship ministry role including Christmas and Easter plays/concerts/productions. His resignation came after the Christmas concert was finished and it didn’t really hit me how much he set the tone for these two holidays until we got [...]

March 15, 2008

Is that Global Warming in your pocket or…

I am watching the local news this morning.  The news crawler at the bottom of the screen states, “this has been the coldest winter in the United States since 2001 according to scientists at the national climactic data center”.  Then that is followed by, “it is also the 54th coldest winter in the United States since national [...]

September 18, 2007

Dear MNPS School Board, Please Make Up Your Minds!!

Update at the end of post.
Late last week I was perusing our family calendar to familiarize myself with what was coming up this week. I saw that school pictures for JBelle were on the calendar and I sighed to myself thinking, “Hmmm…should she wear the red or pink polo shirt to school that day?” Because, [...]

September 15, 2007

Welcome to My Maddening World

I write on my About Malia page of my self diagnosed split-personality disorder (tongue-in-cheek phrasing). It’s something I deal with on a daily basis. Today offered a very classic example of my dilemma driven days.
JBelle is on the swim team with a local YMCA. It is her first time being on a swim team and [...]