Rage Against The Minivan

ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. When people talk about responding to orphan care, there are usually two avenues that come to mind.  The first is adoption – and often, this implies a couple from a wealthier country adopting a child out of an orphanage in the third world.  The second is the idea of building an orphanage to care for children.  I think that these can be good solutions for children . . . certainly international adoption and orphanages have been a . . .

ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. One of my friends recently entered the world of online dating, and she was lamenting to me about the body standards that some of the men post in their profiles.  “They say they want a woman who is fit,” she says.  “But I know what fit is code for.  It’s code for skinny.”   My friend is tall and active. She runs almost every day. She’s very fit.  And yet, she suspects that her plus-sized body proportions would be off-putting . . .

ON THURSDAY'S I POST FROM THE VAULT. THIS POST IS FROM JULY 2011. I’ve been wanting to get a piano for our house for almost a year now.  We previously had a baby grand but it took up too much space, so we sold it and then my plan was to replace it with an upright.  But Craig’s List . . . it’s just so much work with the calling and the appointment-making.  Finally, this week I found a piano at a local thrift store.  Only $99!  It’s really plain but that’s what I was wanting, because my plan . . .