http://spaces.sidewhites.com It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order. ~Ann Beattie, Picturing Will, 1989 Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:34:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Zeke, This was a fun month.  We celebrated Palm Sunday with Grammy and Grandpa and Easter with Aunt Katie, followed by a short visit from your Nana the next weekend.  Though your introverted parents are exhausted from hosting so many lovely guests, you were thrilled to have all the attention. On ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=139 Dear Zeke, Boy, time flies when you are having...fun.  Actually, time just flies.  Remember that as your days and weeks and months become shorter and shorter as you grow older and older.  But also remember how your days stretched out in front of you like rolling hills and valleys, out to ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=137 I have made a sort of promise to myself to take a walk most everyday at some point.  Today I needed that walk to clear my head and reframe. This morning Apple Blossom tickets went on sale.  I am not sure what sin my parents committed or I committed that AB ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=136 I know I read about it online.  Oh, the irony. The Sabbath Manifesto, started by a group of techno-savvy, young Jewish artists, seeks to reclaim a bit of what it means to truly observe the sabbath.  The ten principles they outline are these: avoid technology, connect with loved ones, nurture your ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=135 So Yay!  I am now serving on the steering committee for CBF's Current network and got accepted to the Lewis Fellows program at the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Seminary!  Yay!  Busy, busy... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=134 I have a lot of names at my church.  Pastor, Kristin, the "Left Reverend" (an attempt to make fun of the 'right reverend' title that is surprisingly apt when applied to me), "Little Momma" (I don't know what that means except that I have a toddler?), Reverend Whitesides, and, my ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=133 As my husband has said, we have just made it through some sort of insane snowpocalypse here in Wchester.  What started with a storm that dumped about 3 feet of snow on us ended yesterday with another half foot or so and crazy winds that created snow drifts even higher ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=132 Dear Zeke, So...you're two!  And almost a month...because when you turned two we were smack dab in the middle of Advent, then Christmas came.   Then New Year's...and then Epiphany...oh, who am I kidding.  Our lives never slow down.  The fact that you just turned two is another reminder of that truth. Before ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=131 Dear Zeke, Wow.  In one short month you will be two years old.  TWO!  That is just so crazy for me to think about.  It seems like we have known you much longer than two years in many ways.  But since you, like any good human being, continue to grow and ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=130 So we are beginning a new endeavor in our community called WATTS-Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter.  It is a way for us to offer housing on the coldest nights of the year to those who are not eligible or who cannot get into the other shelters in town.  Most of ... http://spaces.sidewhites.com/?p=129