Jelani’s got a great post up today about their visit here this past weekend. Check it out!
Author: erika
The day after
Friday night was amazing. I will need a much longer post to really get across how incredible the night was for those of us organizing the event, for our community, for the hundreds who came out to the street, and for our entire church family. Today I will simply say thank you for the prayers… Continue reading The day after
On a MUCH lighter note…
“Mercy, Aaron, do you remember what tomorrow is?” “No, Mommy! What?!?!” “Tomorrow is the big GIANT PARTY mommy has been planning. Are you so excited about the GIANT PARTY?” Aaron stops and looks at me with big eyes and then breaks into a full speed run through our apartment shouting as loudly as he can:… Continue reading On a MUCH lighter note…
When the streets bleed
“Call me before you come home.” This was the text I received from Doug during our preschool movie night on Friday. I wasn’t sure what the message meant, but when I felt the phone vibrate a few minutes later and saw that Doug was calling me, I figured I better pick up. “Don’t come home… Continue reading When the streets bleed
Fun with bins part II
So Aaron just put one of the large, bright red plastic bins on his head and said to me: “Mom, I’m Ariel.” I always thought her hair looked that fake too.
Quotation of the Week
A lot of those babies folks work themselves into a tizzy to see born are put up for adoption, enter our foster system, or otherwise become neglected. It’s like most folks quit caring for them once they are here. If we’re to be true pro-lifers, we need to always be about the “least of theseâ€,… Continue reading Quotation of the Week
Mercy’s take on the LAPD
“Mommy, what does ‘arrested’ mean?” “It’s when you do something bad and the police take you away.” “Where do they take you?” “To the police station.” “Where they kill you?” “NO! No, they don’t kill you, honey. No.” “Where they wrestle you?”
The price of creativity
The apartment that felt so spacious for the two of us when we first moved in feels much smaller now that we are a family of five. There are ways I have coped with the no yard/limited space thing by letting my kids play pretty actively and creatively in the space we do have. I… Continue reading The price of creativity
Who cares?
One of the things I have appreciated about my job of late is the opportunity to work with Mission Increase Foundation and evaluate patterns and practices in how Christian organizations think about fundraising, and what assumptions undergird what we do. I have so appreciated their consistent emphasis on helping individuals grow and deepen in their… Continue reading Who cares?
On a more personal note…
This week I have my first meeting with a therapist. The last five years have been filled with many great joys and incredible gifts from God, yet they have also brought with them some very deep pain, trauma and loss. The events leading up to Elijah’s birth, in particular the incident with the taxi cab… Continue reading On a more personal note…