Tweet As a kid, soccer wasn’t really my thing. (See previous post about my issues with competition.) I played on a very competitive AYSO team in third grade, called The Fireballs. The coach, Fred, said things to all the other little girls like, “tremendous job” but he rarely said, “tremendous job, Lesley.” That’s because I [...]
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Tweet This week, President Obama will arrive in Asia. His trip includes a stop in China. Would you consider praying that he’d make time to discuss an important issue with the Chinese government? The issue is forced abortion- and it’s a serious problem for more than just the innocent babies killed each year. This article [...]
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Tweet I know that I skip around a lot on my blog. Somedays you might find my deepest thoughts and fears, and on other days you’ll find my light musings on cake or cow milking. I like this blog because it’s my forum for sharing what goes on in my life–the mundane, the deep, the [...]
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TweetToday I wanted to write about how four years ago this day I got to fly all the way to New York City for the surprise of my life. My husband got done on one knee, on a cold night in Rockefeller Center, and asked me to marry him. It was a moment I never [...]
Tweet I haven’t hosted a garage sale since junior high, when my best girlfriends and I decided to raise money for church by selling all of our parents’ old junk. Garage sales in Irvine are not so fun– mostly because people in Orange County don’t have an appreciation, or the patience, for sorting through other [...]