Posts Tagged life
sacrifice.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, God, Life, Reflection, Uncategorized on March 2, 2018
in my mind, i am made up of a whole bunch of parts of a person i really want to be. i’m a mom. a writer. a helper. a thinker. a doer. in reality…i struggle with the fact that maybe i’m not really any of those things. i am a mom who finds herself with […]
becoming adult
Posted by malindar in Family Life, Kids, Life, Reflection on June 1, 2016
25 years ago, i graduated from high school. i’m reminded of this number repeatedly…by the fact that i know my class is having a reunion in July…by the fact that Joe graduated 5 years after me, and he celebrates his 20th in July as well…but most notably by the fact that my daughter, who was […]
challenge.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Fitness, Weight Loss, workout on January 19, 2016
i’ve learned something about myself in the last two days. i may work in my house, and i may have said in the past that getting 10,000 steps a day in my house on a regular basis is impossible. but throw a little friendly competition in my face, and all of a sudden…i can hit 14,000 […]
what a year.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Life, Memory, Reflection on December 29, 2015
this year, i almost lost my marriage. then i lived a miracle. i watched my child gain independence. and i watched her choose to lose it for a time. i lost 7 pounds. gained back 9. i heard my babies love each other. i watched them fight. we had plenty for a while. and then we had […]
thansgiving prep
Posted by malindar in Cake, Family Life, Food, Life on November 28, 2014
around here, holidays are big time. we have big traditions for our big family: traditional food, traditional ways to do things, traditional traditions. for some reason, the food seems to be my overall focus. go figure. i go into list-mode. lists of recipes i want to try. lists of supplies i need, broken down by store. […]
mothers
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Reflection on May 9, 2014
this Sunday is Mother’s Day. yep, two days from now. it will be my 16th as an actual, bonafide Mom. something about that number freaks me out a little. maybe because it’s so freaking close to 20. i don’t know. it struck me this morning that next year will be my twentieth college reunion. good […]
teenagers.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on March 5, 2014
so, my most recent quandary? what do i do with a child who has decided she wants nothing to do with God? …the God who allowed her father to choose crime and betrayal…over a relationship with her. …the God who allowed a life of relative luxury to slip through her fingers when that same father […]
messy brain.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on February 25, 2014
my brain is a little bit of a mess lately. (i know. you’re thinking, “lately??”) messy brain leads to lack of blogging. lack of focus. lack of memory. messy brain leads to…lack of pretty much everything. you know what helps messy brain? nope. me either. i’ve tried different techniques to deal with messy […]
ricotta.
Posted by malindar in Food, Uncategorized, Yummy Recipes on February 24, 2014
i’m discovering that i love to do things myself. i mean, i knew that, really. i make cakes. sew clothing. scrapbook. paint stuff on my walls (other than just all-over color). garden. knit and crochet. but making crazy food…food that is kind of expensive if you just buy it…is kind of awesome. yogurt, for example. […]
because
…because i have done nothing else worth writing about in the past several weeks: this is what happens when you say, “hey, can i schedule some cakes this month?” people say, “oh, yeah. let me help you out with that.” i’m not complaining. my friend Juliet […]
All Is Grace 