Hey! Over here! Are you a good listener…an active listener? Or an eye-wandering, bigger-fish-to-fry kind of person? Or an interrupter, like me? [I’m trying, I’m really trying…to SHUT UP! My mind starts whirring when you start talking, and I’m afraid I’ll forget what I’m going to say. Still. I know that’s no excuse!] Here are […]
The Book of Awesome
Collin and Abigail, two Indiana University students, started following Neil Pasricha’s 1000 Awesome Things blog each morning, remarking over the fun (and truth) of the Awesome Thing for that day. When it came time for Valentine’s Day, Collin thought he’d put a little video together for Abigail, with him singing along. Very sweet. Check out […]
Reading Out Loud
This lovely (and heart-pulling) post by Andrea at Book Scout reminded me of the value of reading out loud. Not that I need a lot of reminding… Have you read the post yet? That first story of a father reading to his son over the phone is killer. Here at the Elliott house, we’ve been […]
Choosing. Really? Seriously?
This story just made me sad. Christian musician Jennifer Knapp took a seven-year hiatus from work because she was exhausted and felt like she needed to figure things out. She felt like she couldn’t be gay and be a Christian. To me, this would be equivalent of all of us saying we can’t be obese […]
Miracles
My sister Worthy sent this to me at the beginning of the week–“Make Believe” by The Burned. I can’t stop listening to it. Haunting, achy–it’s a cry against the arbitrariness of life, I think–and an observation that we are responsible. Which we are. Our decisions, our attitudes, our actions–all determine our path. And to a […]