natalie’s blog

Packed up and ready to embark on the drive to Colorado. Naomi peers out from behind a packed seat – the amount of luggage and other paraphernalia seemed to increase proportionately to the additional space we acquired due to the absence of two sisters. I’m not sure how that happened… We spent a little bit [...]

Hailed by some of the most well-known business gurus in the industry as a clear and practical guide for any business or organization, I eagerly delved into the book, Prioritize!, by Joe Calhoun and Bruce Jeffrey. Actually, truth be told, the driving motivation behind my eagerness to read the book was due primarily to my [...]

This morning, an influential Christian apologist, who has also co-authored a couple of books, was the guest speaker at the church we attended in Colorado. He was an excellent and captivating speaker and I appreciated much of what he had to say. One statement he made, though, particularly caught my attention. In response to a [...]

On December 31, 2005, individuals and groups of characters began to arrive at the much-anticipated Masquerade that Kendra and I, along with a number of our family members and friends, had been planning and preparing for for months. The specified theme was “Fairy Tales and Love Stories” and everyone was instructed to come as any [...]

A number of people have requested that I post pictures from our New Year’s Eve Masquerade. I was not inclined to do so because the event doesn’t particularly conjure fond memories for me. I am so much more inclined to share with others about things that I consider successful or at least that have enough [...]

40 hours on a bus. 2,000+ miles of travel. Excellent preaching from the Word of God. Singing some incredible music with hundreds of others. Hiking to a waterfall. Swinging across the creek on a rope swing. Swimming in the creek. Sharing a cabin with six other girls. Drinking smoothies in the Coffee shop. Being released [...]