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The Wedding Guest
Recently we were invited to a wedding. It was my cousin's Big Fat Indian Wedding - in Phuket, Thailand. I tried to lose weight, shopped for outfits for FIVE different wedding events, matched shoes to each outfit (because what would the world think if I repeated shoes, right?) and made sure I was primped, plucked and ...
The Grasshopper Syndrome
We’ve all been there. That uncomfortable, sometimes even threatening place, where we feel insignificant, insecure and downright invisible. Maybe it’s an interview for a job where you feel underqualified. Maybe it’s as innocuous as a party where you don’t know a soul and everyone else looks like they stepped off Page 3 of the local ...
When you’re thankful for a root canal
This morning I got on the scales like I do every morning. And the blessed thing registered that I was two pounds heavier. For once, I didn't swear off chocolate, processed food and every calorie that ever lived for the rest of my life. I was just happy to be doing something routine.
The last few days have been boderline ...
Parenting Prayers for the New Year
Resolutions - we all know they last for about 21.5 days, if we're lucky.
After that, the manifesto to get off our derrières, devices and dependencies becomes a distant dream. (Yup, this blog is called Alliteration Alley for a reason ;))
We start the year shopping for Kale for our green Vitamix smoothies that are so going to revolutionize our lives. By the ...
Making Space for Christ
It's been stuck in my head. Like a line from a song.
Oh, wait. It is a line from a song. One that probably topped the charts a little while ago.
It's a line from the beloved Christmas hymn, 'Joy to the World.'
It's a song of triumph and celebration. It lifts your spirit. And it's just so... joyful (yeah, super ...
An Unlikely Example
Leaf through the Bible and you'll meet some amazing women of faith. Just think of one familiar Biblical name, Mary, and three examples of virtue, courage and faithfulness come to mind. But it's one of the Old Testament's less-venerated heroines - or possibly anti-heroines - who has been on my mind recently.
Hagar, the Egyptian slave girl, is an unlikely ...
Mommy Meltdown
It's been one of those days. The last straw was glass-splintering-decibel-level screaming from downstairs JUST as I sat down on the metaphorical throne to pee. I run out, barely even done, only to find the kids feverishly yelling from one floor down - asking if Missy M could eat rice with her hands.
I blow up. I ...
Why I may have to go back to buying white bread
There was a time, not too long ago, when my family wolfed down white bread like a pack of hyenas attacking prey. A gigantic Costco loaf of white bread would be demolished in a couple of days, slathered with non-natural peanut butter and jelly or, better still, Nutella.
But all of a sudden, I had to ...
Christian Buzz words or Biz words?
Back in the days of yore, when I was but knee-high, I heard around me a uniquely Christian language. I'm talking about Christianese in church-going circles in the 80s and 90s. We always said certain things a certain way. When I got older, I was no exception to the lingo. And, oftentimes, I'm still not.
Have ...
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