Run, Melissa, Run

Tonight I tasted accomplishment.  It tastes goooood.  As a self-professed list person who writes things on my to-do list that I’ve already done just so I can have the satisfaction of crossing them off, I am not ashamed of my unabashed affection for accomplishment. I like goal-setting and I love goal-reaching.
Tonight I ran a mile [...]

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Death of a Laptop

Some of my faithful blog followers may remember that my laptop starting acting very funny back in May right before I was scheduled to leave for senior trip.  Some folks looked at it and repaired it but told me that it could die any day.  Maybe 1 week; maybe 1 year.  Who knows . . [...]

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Warts and All

Some of you choose to love me … warts and all.  Literally.  But not anymore.  I’m about ready to post about some ugliness so if you just ate or you have a tendency to toss cookies, blow chunks, etc. at quasi-nauseous topics, you might just want to skip to the next paragraph.  However, if I’ve [...]

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Let You Down

I just purchased the Three Days Grace cd last week and love it.  Rarely do I purchase a cd where I love every song but this is one of those rare cds for me (along with Pillar’s Where Do We Go From Here? and Breaking Benjamin’s We Are Not Alone most recently.)  Great songs; interesting [...]

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My Theological Worldview

Found this online quiz from a friend’s blog that apparently identifies your theological worldview through a series of questions.  Below are the results of my quiz and I must say the resulting score is fairly accurate.  I’m particularly proud of the 0% score on fundamentalism.   If you read the description of an Emergent/Postmodern [...]

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Distractions

I was in bad need of distractions tonight. You know – those times when you need your mind to be otherwise occupied for awhile with something other than what it is currently fixated on.  I went to the YMCA and worked out for awhile.  Ran through the pain I was feeling from yesterday’s basketball game [...]

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Taking Things For Granted

A month or so ago I had decided to read up on the Bosnian War.  I realized that I didn’t really know much about that war at all and it became important to me to get a sense of that conflict and the environment, experiences and issues that were a part of that region of [...]

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Renewed Goals

Thanks to Cari and Maria for a very fun girl’s night on Wednesday!  The food was completely sinful.  As for the participants . . . well, we were angels of course.  We had a wonderful evening chillin, eating, talking, etc.  We had a movie but we didn’t even get to it.  Maria and Cari – [...]

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Anniversaries, Weddings and Birthdays

Last weekend was spent celebrating major life moments.  Friday, August 12th, was my parent’s 38th wedding anniversary.  What a beautiful example of a healthy, God-centered partnership.  I am more than fortunate to have the testimony of their marriage to bless me over my life and to guide me on the kind of marriage I want [...]

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Intermission is Over

The house lights flicker, the orchestra tunes and the ushers entreat you to find your seats.  Intermission is over and the curtain is rising as we begin the next act in the life of Mel.  Thank you for your patience and understanding while I’ve been on intermission.  It was a little longer than I anticipated [...]

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