Just Do It

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
Jeff and I spent last weekend shopping for my perfect pants — or in this case, the perfect shorts.  Most husbands aren’t very enthusiastic about shopping with their wives; but, we have already established that Jeff is an exceptional husband.  And besides, the ellusive shorts were a sporting goods acquisition which put them [...]

This I Know

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
I learned something new this week….April and May are the top months for tornado touch-downs in the state of Tennessee.  I tend to believe the statistic to be correct.  In the last week, we’ve had two tornado warnings (With grave forecasts of another today.)  and enough lightning to make the cats all [...]

A Rich Life

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
It’s cold today.  I’m looking out the window watching it rain.  I just had a moment of déja vu as this is sounding very much like the beginning of my blog of a few weeks ago.
There are a few major differences though.  One being that my usual view as I blog is of our cookie-cutter [...]

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 [...]

To Live with Fear

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
Note:  This blog has been kicking around in my draft file for several months now as its subject is something I truly struggle with and am not exactly comfortable writing about.  Every time I’ve written on this file, I kept asking myself, “Do I really want to put all of these [...]

Out of my Shell

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
I decided last week that I didn’t want to be “Kiera” anymore.  It’s just not natural and it’s just not me.  Yes, I do realize that I am opening myself up to a lifetime of correcting people about how to pronounce my name; but it’s better this way — at least [...]

It’s a Wonderful Life

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
Outlook went nuts this morning as it began downloading all of my email.  My box was absolutely jammed!  I was feeling very popular and really excited until I started wading through my inbox.  With the exception of a reminder from the library about some books I have due next week, every other [...]

Confessions of a Wheel Re-inventor

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
In the latest installment of  ”The Rich Family searches for a new church home”, we actually made progress today.  The pastor didn’t try to scare anyone with “Accept Jesus or be hit by a bus” shtick, the worship was decent, and the people who greeted us seemed very…well, normal.  After a few of the places [...]

Learning Curve…ball

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
I sinned last Sunday.  This, unfortunately, is not really big news.  However, it was the way that my sin was committed that particularly bothers me.  And although I do not normally feel the need to confess everything to my faithful readers (A special ”thanks” to all five of you!), I wanted to tell you [...]

The Amazing “Catch”

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
The summer that I turned 9, I met a new girl at the YMCA pool.  Kari’s family had just moved to town and she was 9 too.  It turned out that we lived just a few blocks from each other.  We became fast friends and spent our entire summer scheming about how [...]