Lessons from a singing snail

I learned recently during an ill-advised Google search that when women say they’ve been in labor for 48 hours it doesn’t actually mean they’ve been red-faced, sweating, cursing their husbands, and in unbearable pain for a straight 48 hours. That’s what I always assumed and it sounded horrific. But those hours encompass all of it; […]

My enemy, God’s strength

When I was in high school we lived in a house that sat between a lake and a golf course. I grew up skiing, tubing, knee-boarding, and generally getting in the water as much as possible. My parents were never golfers, but the proximity of the course lent itself to some fun family runs at […]

Beauty defined

One of the many bridges The Kuranda Scenic Railway. Supposedly one of the most beautiful train rides in the world. I say supposedly because the source of the claim is the Kuranda Scenic Railway. Not exactly the most reliable source for an unbiased opinion on such a list. We’ve been excited to take Ray on […]

Sowing talents

I was two when my fingers first met the strings of a violin. Shortly thereafter they begrudgingly became acquainted with the keys of a piano. From that point until I was in the ninth grade those two instruments dominated my life. When I wasn’t playing them, I was riding in a car to go play […]