Jenelle

11/ I Remember 9/11 I remember watching the second tower fall. Then I remember the frantic phone calls I fielded from family. I remember going to a campus-wide conversation in which our incredibly diverse student population did their best to talk out what had just happened. I remember a Muslim young woman behind a microphone looking into all of […] One response September 11, 2009
10/ I Remember Making the Decision to go to UMBC; or, Hospitality Saves the Day I remember being a senior in high school and having to make that awful decision: Where to go to college. I remember being disappointed that my top schools either wait-listed me, rejected me, or were-heinously-too-expensive-for-me. I remember having a minor tantrum as we drove up to Baltimore to interview for the final round of the […] One response September 10, 2009
9/ I Remember Never Riding the Bus Maybe I missed out on some key part of childhood, but I remember always having a ride to school. Thanks, Mom. (Lomo by Daniel Y. Go) No responses September 9, 2009
Wonky Wednesdays: Edition 09/09/09 I give you Wonky Wednesdays, the day in which I share wonky and wonderful links. I might make a tradition out of this. Mucho grazie for your kind prayers and wonderings about the Station Fire in Pasadena’s foothills. No evacuations necessary. Fire is still burning at over 160,000 acres but now is 62% contained. No […] 2 responses September 9, 2009
8/ I Remember Italy’s Streetlights I remember studying in Rome for a semester and crawling all across that beautiful Italian boot, my great-grandparents’ land. I fell in love with many things, streetlights especially. In my tattered journals I started documenting the particularities of their personalities and differences. Every Italian city has a street-lit variation on the same theme. I remember how […] No responses September 8, 2009
7/ I Remember the Discussion with Karin + Linford of Over the Rhine Last December, Over the Rhine played my town. Twice. First I enjoyed them with friends at The Troubadour and the next day they played a rare private concert for my seminary. On that day, Karin and Linford gave us a full hour’s time to ask them big Questions about life, music, and God. 20 years […] No responses September 7, 2009
6/ I Remember Gus the Cat We had to leave him in Portugal with a new family, but he’s keeping busy as he is very well read. And very socially-connected. 6 responses September 6, 2009
5/ I Remember Taking off the Training Wheels I remember learning to ride a bike by preparing to fall and not get hurt too badly. The longsleeves and thick jeans, the accidental reflex of holding my breath as I began to fall; it was all so bracing and normal. Daddy had to walk away and leave me alone. I had to ride in […] No responses September 5, 2009
How Much Would Someone Have to Pay YOU To Drink Dirty Water? Last week (you might have noticed from my psycho-live-blogging), I was at the Idea Camp DC, Justice Edition. I sat in on an unreal discussion that included an incredible non-profit you should know about: A Child’s Right A Child’s Right is a water relief organization that cares specifically for institutionalized children in countries such as […] 4 responses September 4, 2009
4/ I Remember Thinking I Wanted to Be Married at Age 21ish I clearly remember being in my adolescent (read: awkward) years and being fairly certain that by the time I was done with college, I would be married. I also remember graduating college and thinking something similar of my mid-twenties. Reflecting on such things now, I just sort of laugh inwardly and think yep-I-was-out-of-my-mind. No mean […] 4 responses September 4, 2009
3/ I Remember the Ocean in Estoril Copyright 2009 JesusBranded I remember the year(s) in Portugal when my heart was cracked and dry. I needed to run near the ocean every day in order to clear my head to hear God. And over and over the waters whispered that times of refreshing would come to me. And I believed them because […] 2 responses September 3, 2009
Mt. Wilson is Holdin’ On! / Me on Newsweek Well, the Station Fire continues to burn, but the LA Times reports that 144,000 acres of flames is 38% contained. This is huge. Mount Wilson is amazingly still hanging on, thanks to the work of those firefighters: “We believe the results will be positive in the Mt. Wilson area,” said Incident Commander Mike Dietrich. […] One response September 3, 2009