by suelarkinsweems | Sep 14, 2011 | On Military Life
The night before we left for Richmond during Hurricane Irene, a couple of neighbors’ husbands came over and stood with me in the yard considering the feat of taking down the trampoline. This double-bed, pre-galvanized steel framed trampoline is as heavy as a...
by suelarkinsweems | Sep 5, 2011 | On Military Life
Don’t let the picture fool you. I’m alive and finished, but it was not pretty. Minutes before and after this pic I was sitting with my head between my knees wondering why I do this to myself, praying that I would finally be able to hurl, praying I wouldn’t hurl...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 30, 2011 | On Military Life
Yesterday was my first day back teaching. You can often tell a lot about how the year will go by this first week of interaction. Here is the picture I show my students, so they know what I look like. (I teach online, live synchronous classes– I’ll explain...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 29, 2011 | On Military Life
Thank you for your prayers this past weekend as our family faced Irene. I did not handle it as well as I wanted to, even with my axe. I was so tired, even before the hurricane. Isn’t that the way it always is? Storms never happen when I’m uber-prepared, feeling...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 24, 2011 | On Military Life
Apparently, we had an earthquake in Virginia yesterday. I didn’t notice because we were at Gator Water Park, and that place seems to be perpetually quaking with all the kids splashing on water slides. During one pool break though, I started getting texts from all over...
by suelarkinsweems | Aug 22, 2011 | On Military Life
It was children’s ministry Sunday a few weeks back, which means all the children were in the service with their parents, including our little, um, angels. There was a little family two rows up—a dad, a mom, and their sweet little girl of probably five years old,...
