If you've met me in person or talked to me on the phone or by Skype, you know I'm usually an optimistic, bubbly person. My best friend in college called me the toesocks fairy. My Meyers-Briggs type is ENFP and I'm a yellow-blue according to the color code, so ALL THE FEELINGS ALL THE TIME.Continue reading "Happy Things"
Poem: September Again
I read two slam poems this month at the LogOn Cafe's poetry slam. One of my goals for 2016 is to write a new spoken word poem every month. Here’s January’s poem. It’s September again,and I feel autumn rushing through my fingertipslike frozen yellow leaved sunshineand I remember when I drank your words like water.ThatContinue reading "Poem: September Again"
Best of 2015
So it's that time of year when my blogging friends usually post an annual recap. I've never done one before, but 2015 felt like several years crammed into one. Although I've been blogging sporadically since 2010, I started posting more consistently in September 2014. Working at my college newspaper for a few years tightened myContinue reading "Best of 2015"
Child abuse prevention in the church is not big government
Back in high school, I used to love Andrée Seu Peterson's columns. I read her pieces first when our copy of World magazine arrived in the mail every week. She always made me think because she was less conservative than my homeschool textbooks, and I admired her writing style. I’m pretty sure that other homeschoolContinue reading "Child abuse prevention in the church is not big government"
How the War on Christmas lost me
I used to wear one of those little buttons that the American Family Association (AFA) distributes every year, the ones that say something like "Keep Christ in Christmas" or "Jesus is the Reason for the Season." Little old ladies greeting customers at Sam's Club in Colorado Springs wore them, too. Back in high school andContinue reading "How the War on Christmas lost me"
Eleanor Skelton 