Memoirs of a Redhead

During this time of year, when we throw Jesus a birthday party, I get s ad at Christians who act…well…un-Christlike.  I’ll never understand the hostility that Christians show towards people who don’t allow nativity scenes on the lawns of civic places and those that don’t say "Merry Christmas", but "Happy…

How do you even jump back into blogging when you haven’t done it in so long?  Wow.  It has certainly been a stretch these past couple of months.  Just when I think I’m about to start to really de-stress, something else comes along.  Eh, that’s life.  I really miss writing,…

"The sooner we give up the illusion that a church must be perfect in order to love it, the sooner we quit pretending and start admitting we’re all imperfect and need grace. This is the beginning of real community." – Rick Warren *I have too much to say about many…

Quick update and Allison’s dream to be a flower girl… Two of my most amazing friends, Brad and Leah (who happen to be getting married in January) had already planned on asking Allison to be their flower girl!  So when they read the post below, of course they knew it…

Tonight I was hanging out with a few of my favorite Sullivans…okay, all of them…and the smallest one shared a dream of hers. I forget that while I’m dreaming of someday being a bride, there are little girls dreaming of being flower girls.  My 5-year-old friend, Allison, shared with me…

Well, the stress of the beginning of the school has begun to slow…just begun though:)  It’s crazy how different the beginning of the year can be from the rest of the year!  Honestly, I’m a little anxious about progress reports that go out next week.  And I’ll leave you wondering…

I am literally craving an opportunity to really write, but I need to go to bed soon.  If only I didn’t have to sleep:) This past weekend I had an awesome opportunity to go to the Ancient Future Community Conference at Willow Creek in Chicago.  There’s so much that God…

I’m not really sure that this title makes sense I really love my class I still miss my old class They miss me-mostly because I made them pancakes:) My new class LOVES it when I read The BFG to them I have more ESL students than I ever thought I’d…

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.comGet one for yourself.

I got my first birthday present this morning!!!  Katie gave me a few books, including Skippyjon Jones, and it is the funniest kids book ever.  It looks kinda boring, if you only look at the cover.  Please, a dumb cat?  But once you open the pages to read about the…