September / Remember

I Remember When Ketchup Made Me Feel Safe I remember putting ketchup on every unfamiliar taste on my plate. It was a vague way of controlling my environment, I suppose. (photo by lamazone) Jenelle 2 responses September 23, 2008
I Remember UMBC Womens’ Golf 1998-2002 [God Rest Her Soul] I remember winning an important golf tournament in high school, and hoping for a college scholarship. I remember being very disappointed that it never materialized. I remember people in my town yelling at me for choosing a university with no womens’ golf team. I remember freshman year at UMBC: missing golf, writing newspaper articles covering […] Jenelle 2 responses September 21, 2008
I Remember Having a Rockstar for a Roommate, 2005-2006 Jasmin Jones, Triplet rockstar, undercover. I do love her. [Holga] Malveira da Serra, Portugal 07-2008 Jenelle One response September 20, 2008
I Remember Learning to Like Coffee, in 1998 [two Holga photos] Prague 07-2008 Jenelle 2 responses September 18, 2008
I Remember the Playfulness of the Sky [Holga] Portugal 07-2008 Jenelle 2 responses September 17, 2008
I Remember Not Knowing Where My Feet Were Going Next And I played a handy game of calm trust –> freak out –> calm again –> really sizable freak out –> exhale. I found, quickly, that I was not really alone. The truth is, in spite of my animated freak attacks, there were plenty of families, strangers, and words. Each to each, they all enfolded […] Jenelle No responses September 16, 2008
I Remember Bread on Thursdays I distinctly remember this day, in 2006. And I remember writing about it as my first blog post, ever. Tears poured down my face, on both occasions. (This was fitting.) In those days, I often said things like, “my heart hurts.” All the same, I remember when a wise little one wrote me a song/poem on a white […] Jenelle No responses September 15, 2008
I Remember Reading of an Expressive God I remember the year Dave died, and my finding an old J.B. Phillips New Testament at a used book shop down in Fells Point. I remember thinking that this little worn paperback would become my favorite, reading the gospels as proper prose, and such. I remember walking near the Baltimore piers and how happy it […] Jenelle One response September 12, 2008
I Remember Dave Meeks I remember the year Dave Meeks died, and how he had taught me how to be a Young Life leader through his cancer. In his early thirties, Dave was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. I remember him painting life colours to the words, to live is Christ and to die is gain. I remember […] Jenelle 6 responses September 11, 2008
I Remember Baltimore’s Best Diner Jenelle 2 responses September 10, 2008
I Remember Singing With Katie, in 10th Grade [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhKJcTgmgI] I remember listening to this 10,000 Maniacs song over and over and over with my best friend Katie, and us trying to get the harmony just right. We loved this song because it was so 1995, and the words are pretty. It reminded us that, well, we were making memories. These are the days, […] Jenelle One response September 9, 2008
I Remember When They Dreamed For Me, in 2004 Around the days of my twenty-fifth birthday, I was feeling pretty broken. Deep inside my self, a multitude of things were being uprooted and healed and dusted off. And this was exhasuting. I remember saying to my flatmates, Jane and Rachel, “I need you to help me dream again.” I said it through tears, not […] Jenelle 4 responses September 8, 2008