73tigerlillies

Category: Real Self BS

  • Be true…

    I’m one for making plans, but I do my best work in between those plans. If I focus on my bright ideas, I trip and fall and fall and fall and fail. In 2007 I revealed to myself that I can do just about anything if I keep putting one foot in font of another.…

  • I Have Thoughts…

    Ruth, Esther, and Job are my Old Testament heroes. They risked life and limb, gave up everything they knew, went bravely forward, asked for help when they needed it, took advice when it was offered, took responsibility for things they didn’t have to—they were early existentialists and they were faithful in their beliefs. Ecclesiastes is…

  • Personal Icons

    I’ve written about them before, probably with more poetry and thought. On the anniversary of my paternal grandmother’s death, I want to take a moment to pay respect to the many women I admire. Elizabeth Thouvenel lost both of her parents at a young age and helped raise her younger sisters. She ran a boarding…

  • Am I making any sense?

    I remember moments from my childhood, but I don’t seem to remember as much as some people do. I know that some of my memories have been fuzzied by time or exaggerated retelling, but I know there’s a lot I’m missing. Tonight, I had dinner with my Aunt and Uncle. Among the many topics we…