My Sunday began with a sermon by my church’s Senior Minister Rev. Dr. R. Scott Colglazier. It was the beginning of our year’s theme of “Love, Compassion, and the Art of Forgiveness.” In his sermon (available as an MP3 on the FCCLA.org website), Dr. Colglazier talked about this moment he had:
Archive for Life Stories
La Vida de Caridad: Sink Monster
Zip It
Once upon a time my sink led me on a crazy adventure (see - La Vida de Caridad: Everything and the Kitchen Sink). Apparently, my sink likes to be the center of attention in my life. It likes to do things like accidentally let a bag of tea fall in and then proceed to clog for a week despite drano and a plunger. Okay…so maybe the ‘accidentally letting a bag of tea fall in’ was my fault, but it didn’t have to go and be mean about it.
La Vida de Caridad: The Paper Towel Holder
Have you ever looked at something that you’ve seen many times before and suddenly had a double take of revelation? But it’s more than just seeing something new, it’s about seeing something that was always there and feeling so silly that you didn’t see it before?
I will never look at my paper towel holder the same again.
I was in the hub-bub of baking – making snickerdoodles for my office holiday decorating party. There was holiday music on my Macbook. I was singing and dancing along to Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You and Destiny’s Child 8 Days of Christmas. In the midst of sugar, cinnamon spice, and everything nice, I needed a paper towel.
La Vida de Caridad: The Glee Effort
What I do for Glee
I often wonder how much of my “techiness” is nature vs. nurture. As the family tech geek, I am often handed hard drive problems, computer problems, computer purchase questions, camcorders, digital cameras, etc. Wired had a recent article called “Five Ways that N00bs Annoy Geeks” that I know well. But regardless, I do like fixing problems and figuring out things. I like being helpful. And given all my other “La Vida de Caridad” stories, perhaps I just have points for perseverance.
