You park your car in your driveway and you decide, it’s time to clean this thing out. It’s a cluttered mess in here! Where do I start? I definitely don’t want to make more than one trip to the house, and there’s a lot of stuff here. Let me tuck this book under my arm like so, this bag over this shoulder, this bag over the other, this article of clothing around my neck. I’ll carry this in this hand, this cup in the other. Ew, what was in this cup?! Oh shoot where did I put my phone? Drop everything and do it again. Now if I could just maneuver my fingers to where I can hit that lock button on my keys…
Author Archives: Plain Jane
Look Up & Remember
How many of you have read, heard, watched, or participated in a skit of Jesus walking on the water? Probably all of you. How many of you remember the little bits and pieces of that verse? Give or take a few things. There’s Jesus, Simon Peter, the disciples, the boat, and a huge storm. That’sContinue reading “Look Up & Remember”
Dear Me, Five Years Ago
So dear me, hugging a lumpy couch pillow, crying, telling Dad I don’t want to do college: You DID IT! It’s okay to feel like giving up at times. A wise person once told me, if you aren’t terrified of the next step you’re about to take in life, you aren’t thinking about it hard enough. The fact that you put a lot of thought into working hard is good. Some people don’t care so much. You cared, you tried your best, and you got through it.
