Birthday

Friday is Jarrett’s birthday. Being the first one we will celebrate without him, my family & I are headed to the beach for the weekend because Jarrett loved going to the beach. Here is a note my mom put in her community paper, inviting her neighbors to celebrate Jarrett’s birthday:

Jarrett Lane was known and loved by many people in Giles County. Friday, March 28^th is his birthday. To celebrate his life, we ask you to join us in remembering him. On Friday, we encourage you to spend time sharing your favorite memories of Jarrett and doing things that Jarrett loved to do – like, spend time with friends, get outside and play, go for a drive and spend the evening watching a movie with family.

Love, the family of Jarrett Lane.

Child of Wonder, Child of God. We remember you.

Tags: Family, From another, Insanity, Narrows

A Story About My Mom

The Roanoke Times published a story today about my mom and her faith.  Along with the article there is an audio slide show.

Tags: Family, Insanity, Narrows

Be Stronger Than Your Excuses

So, you know how we all have those things that we want to do….learn a skill, travel the world, start a garden, take an art class….but we never have time to do them?!  Well, one of mine is to craft and sell my crafts to make money to buy more things to craft with.  I’ve been talking about this for a couple years and have now decided that I’m done bullshitting.

So, I’ve started….kinda.  With a couple of awesome gal pals, I’ve applied to Spring Bada Bing!  I’ve also opened an Etsy shop with a friend, our store is named RatherBee (nothing is up, yet).   I also decided to use my other vanity site to showcase (and maybe someday blog) my craftiness.

Yeah, I know, my vanity site looks like it was done in 5 minutes (it was), and the pics posted look like I took them myself in my bathroom (I did), and there is nothing to buy at my Etsy shop.  BUT, its a start to being stronger than all my excuses about why I can’t do this.

Tags: Art Heals, Crafty, Friends

Driving at Night

Dan & I went up to Maryland this weekend for Mike & Sarah’s wedding shower. After the shower, I drove us back home to Richmond, and most of our drive was after the sun had set. Although I was only able to see a few yards of highway lit by the headlights, I was able to travel the 1oo+ miles necessary to get home. We made the trip home, a few yards at a time. I had never really thought about that until I heard Anne Lamott talk recently. It was a quote she shared by someone I can’t remember.

I’ve been thinking about Jarrett constantly today. It’s been about a year since I last saw him. This time last year he was on spring break and he came to Richmond for a visit. I’m dumbfounded as how a year has gone by. I guess it is much like driving at night. Each morning I wake up and I’m able to see the few hours ahead of me. I travel through those hours not knowing how I will ever be able to get through tomorrow, or next week. Hour by hour, or, depending on the day, minute by minute, and I’ve somehow traveled a year.

Update:  I found the quote…

“It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” by E.L. Doctorow

Tags: From another, Insanity

Crafty Weekend

This weekend I made:

4 necklaces

4 pairs of earrings

1 bracelet

1 watch

1 pair of curtains

And I’m sad that I can’t stay home and craft some more tomorrow….I feel like I was just getting warmed up.

Tags: Crafty

A Sunday School joke

I just spent the morning crafting and listening to Prairie Home Companion, my favorite NPR show. This week they presented their annual joke show. Here was my favorite (bad) joke:

When God created woman, she was created with 3 breasts. However, the 3rd, middle breast, kept getting in the way, so God preformed surgery and removed it. Later, the woman came to God, holding the 3rd breast in her hand saying, “What shall we do with the useless boob?”

God then created man.

Tags: From another

Failure

Hearing Anne Lamott read one of her stories and just talk about life was wonderful and I hope to share some of her bits of humor and wisdom later.  But for now, here is one of my favorite quotes she paraphrased during her talk:

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.”

- Samuel Beckett 

Tags: Celebrities, From another

Anne Lamott…TONIGHT!!!

For months I have been waiting for this day to come!  Tonight I get to hear one of my favorite story tellers, Anne Lamott, share stories of her life and some wisdom about the writing life.

If you are interested in going, call University of Richmond’s box office to see if space is available for this free and fabulous event.

Tags: Celebrities, Reading, Writing

MIA

Last weekend I picked up a 12 hour stomach bug that decided to stick around for an entire week.  I think that it is finally ending and I will soon be back to my normal self, and maybe even be able to have a cup  of coffee…..which I have not had in over a week!

Tags: Life