I have read the book of Esther lots of times, watched puppets and vegetables tell the story, and even donned a crown and purple robes to become Esther on more than one Halloween. As a kid, Esther was my Disney princess and the obvious hero of the story. I didn’t put much thought towards wise … Continue reading »
In case you’ve been watching too much Glee and it’s messing with your mind.
Four years ago, my friend Courtney wrote a blog post that pulled me out of a whirlwind of consumerism and grounded me in Gospel realities. I think about it all the time and read it once a year at least. Valentine’s Day seems like the perfect anniversary for this kind of remembrance. Do yourself a favor and … Continue reading »
Ring Out, Wild Bells
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1850) Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let … Continue reading »
The Mims /meems/
Note: I started writing this post months ago probably as a tribute to Mimi who was about to have a birthday. I was inspired by the poem at the bottom. I’m finishing it up today because I miss my friend, I have five unpublished (read: unfinished) blog posts, and I haven’t posted anything in this … Continue reading »
there's kind of a lot to say
I bought a house today. There’s a whole story that goes behind and around this sentence, but right now I just wanted to say it in the most out loud place I could think of … the internet. I bought a house. It’s all sinking in VERY very slowly. For months, I’ve kept a LOT … Continue reading »
Meet Henry
A few years ago my sister Melissa and I were shopping Tulsa garage sales and came across an over stuffed chair named Plum. She’s purple and even though I know we weren’t looking for chairs on this adventure, I couldn’t walk away without her. She’s settled in nicely to two apartments in two states since … Continue reading »
Winter Rainbow
Apartment therapy is underway. I’m planning for more “unplugged” time at home this year, so step one was getting rid of the tv. It was an old, huge, heavy box, which has been little more than a box since October when my cable contract came up for renewal and I canceled it. In lieu of … Continue reading »
Monday is for Poetry
Messy Room, by Shel Silverstein Whosever room this is should be ashamed! His underwear is hanging on the lamp. His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair, And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp. His workbook is wedged in the window, His sweater’s been thrown on the floor. His scarf and one ski … Continue reading »
Identity
I found myself in a Starbucks drive through tonight and traveling through time with the words “tall, nonfat chai”. All of a sudden I was Jennifer M. Tufts, program assistant for the Confucius Institute at OU-Tulsa. I was wearing high heels, a fashionable skirt and my favorite green sweater, which complimented by name tag perfectly. … Continue reading »
Eighteen
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it was like to be 18. Six years ago, I still felt like I was 18 and even though I had finished college and was living in a foreign country on my own, I would panic when I realized I was the adult chaperoning 20 kindergarteners on field … Continue reading »
