Rally v. 1. To call together for a common purpose; assemble: rally troops at a parade ground. 2. To reassemble and restore to order: rally scattered forces. 3. To rouse or revive from inactivity or decline: paused to refresh themselves and rally their strength. n.pl.ral·lies 1. A gathering, especially one intended to inspire enthusiasm for…
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Don’t be an ostrich
Do you know what ostriches sometimes do when there’s something they don’t want to face? They stick their head in the sand and wait for it to pass. Sometimes, I’m an ostrich. Last week’s tornadoes are the kind of thing that I’m ashamed to say I sometimes avoid thinking about. My heart gets overwhelmed by…
Be gentle with the young
My new-ish and dear friend Erin at Chopstitch informed me that April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month she’ll participate in the “No Excuse for Child Abuse” walk in her town. When I saw her posts going up about child abuse, I started doing a little digging on the old Google. “A report…
The definition of my life right now.
fe·ral adj ˈfir-əl, ˈfer-; ˈfe-rəl Definition of FERAL 1 : of, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast 2 a: not domesticated or cultivated :wildb: having escaped from domestication and become wild Not domesticated. Or un-domesticated. As in, once I felt like maybe I had this whole domestic goddess (or at least demi-goddess) thing…
Sticks and stones
“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson The past three weeks? They’ve been some of the most stressful I’ve had in a long, long time. For different reasons, but for the same reasons, too. First, there was drama with the For the Love of Blogging week Katie and I ran….