Running

Happy Belated Easter!  Happy Spring!  Happy Belated 1-Year Anniversary to my blog, woo hoo!  And 1-Year of being engaged!  Yee-haw!

Yesterday Jim and I made our yearly trip to church.  Surprisingly, this year I was actually the one to suggest attending.  My dear friend Jake invited us to watch him play bass in the band at a new church called The Vine near Falls Church.  Initially Jim seemed apprehensive.  Okay, that is a blatant understatement.  He did not want to go.  But with diligent persuasion, he finally caved.

Jumping to Conclusions

By now you've surely heard the tragic news story about Trayvon Martin. Perhaps you've already formed your opinion, or maybe you're like me and want to wait for all of the facts to come out before making your mind up about what happened. The fact that I went to high school with the shooter, and was actually good friends with his younger sister, may impact how I feel but I'd like to think I can be objective.

The Big Picture

Surprise, surprise.

Haven't been any posts in awhile.  I could blame it on a multitude of factors - the holiday season, work, my ADD, the general combination of all of these... but no need for excuses. 

Recently I had a friendship come to an end.  It wasn't one of those friendships that just fizzles out, or bursts into flames because of a disagreement.  In fact, there really wasn't any fire at all.  Just a few hurtful words and that was that.  Over and done.  Sure, I smelled some smoke in the weeks leading up to the end, but I kept trying to tell myself I was imagining things.