The majority of the past week has found me putting all of my possessions into boxes, moving those boxes to a new living space in Spokane, Washington, and emptying them out in hopes of finding homes for their contents. Over 100 years prior, Sonora Smart Dodd was in a similar boat as she moved up to [...]
In 1863 Charitie de Cheney Lees Smith Bancroft penned the lyrics above in her hymn, “Before the Throne of God Above”. As I was meditating (on both the date and the matter) Good Friday, this song — and specifically this verse — kept coming to mind. I’m so thankful for songs that put the message [...]
When I look at this picture I can’t help but wonder if my Uncle Terry could have possibly known that the terrified baby he was holding would grow up to create and maintain an award-winning blog. So from that baby — 27 years later — Merry Christmas, and thank you for whatever amount of time [...]
This weekend I was honored to have two of my roommates ask me to take photos for their Christmas cards. I also had the good fortune to be sitting in the right place as the other two went out to take their own photos for the same reason, and I invited myself to make their [...]