Posts Tagged as ‘family-life’

March 2, 2009

Our Best Nights

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
Friday nights are date nights for Jeff and Kieran Rich.  We take turns planning dates and try really hard to come up with something original once in a while – something that doesn’t include the standard “dinner and a movie.”
As a result, we’ve had some interesting dates.  One such date included [...]

February 15, 2009

A Painful Epiphany

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
Something happened to me last Sunday that has never happened before.  Jeff and I were visiting the next contestant in our seemingly ever-present quest to find a new church home.  Nothing unusual there.  We were enjoying the experience, although the church was on the smallish-side, thus making Jeff and I stick out [...]

November 16, 2008

One of Those Days

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
It was one of those mornings at our house.  You know, the mornings when life just seems…well, a lot like life.  I had my typical Sunday morning.  I got up, stumbled around, ran into large pieces of furniture and then it happened. I went to take my medicine and the lid wasn’t on [...]

November 10, 2008

Monster Pants

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
Last spring, when the rest of the world was buying flip-flops and shorts, I was buying fleece pajama pants.  They were irresistible.  Having grown up on the street — Sesame Street, that is – these cheerful pink pants with Sesame Street characters all over them were a “must buy” for me. 
Besides, Kohl’s was practically [...]

October 26, 2008

The Way the Story Goes

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
We visited a new church this morning.  I wore long sleeves and tried not to shake hands with anyone.  The reason for this somewhat peculiar behavior is due to something that happened after church last week.
We were back in Atlanta for a visit.  I realize that normal people, after moving from a [...]

September 7, 2008

The Simple Things

By Kiera Rich – krich13@bellsouth.net
If it’s possible for a personal stress meter to go from zero to sixty in less than 10 seconds, mine did on Friday.  Let me tell you why.
It all started so innocently.  I had just completed my monthly trip to Wal-mart to stock up on protein bars, protein water, various other [...]