Becky’s Blog
Broken Things and My Boyfriend Atticus Finch
It had been nearly three months since Angie missed a stair on a Florida vacation and her body and life took a wild tumble. Her...
Fearless? The Mop Bucket and Prayers for Prayers
“Kids are just fearless,” he said a few years ago, shaking his head at how beautifully and bravely our team of fifth graders had...
The Boss of the Cornfield
Flickr photo by Bulsti, creative commons If it’d been up to her, I’m sure Janice would never have hired me. She needed a girl...
The Joy of Aaron’s Oily Hair
Flickr photo by spapax, creative commons Sometimes I feel so overwhelmed to find myself in ever-enlarging, ever-linking and...
Getting Miss Minnie’s Mail
Flickr photo by creativity + Timothy K Hamilton, creative commons Before I even opened her chain link gate, I could see a wheel...
Baptizing Dishes and Other Weird Ways to Pray
Flickr photo by seizethedave, creative commons I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I'm really bad at prayer. Whether I try to...
Readings from the Book of Eeyore
Maybe I shouldn't admit this, but of all the characters in literature, Milne's Eeyore is on my Top Ten list of favorites. Maybe...
Your teeth are as white as newly shorn sheep. Really.
Flickr photo by Cameron Chamberlain, creative commons When kids begin third grade in my church, our congregation gives each...
Cords of Kindness
Flickr photo by DeaPeaJay , creative commons “I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like...
Muddy Knees
Flickr photo by mcmrbt, creative commons As I remember it, she was around 19 or 20, about my age at the time, and as she led us...
I’m a Dead Fish. Booya
Check out the romantic thing my handsome prince said to me this morning after he got out of bed: "Are you okay?" "Yeah. Why?"...
The Barber and the Six Mohawks
Isn't that a lovely hairdo? Not really, but I'm going with it because it's partly my fault. At least I allowed it. Actually I...
Cannes, Ramsey Style
http://www.flickr.com/photos/charliedees/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 Whoop-de-doo! The Cannes film festival starts today! Did you know? (Do...
Rest in Peace, Howard
http://www.flickr.com/photos/judybaxter/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 At first, Howard seemed to be a thorn in my side. “You’re just not...













