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 [...]

The Promise of Spring

By Kieran Lin Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
It’s a frosty morning here in middle Tennessee.  It’s so cold that the cats won’t even sleep in their climbing tower — which is situated in front of the only window in our office.  Usually, the tower is the coveted cat location and we have fur-flinging fights over who gets to [...]

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 [...]

Caution: Falling Coyotes

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
I was feeling a little under the weather yesterday morning.  So instead of doing my usual Saturday stuff, I sat on the couch with the remote, a big fuzzy blanket, and two even fuzzier cats.  Feeling gross always makes me reach for the familiar and the comfortable.  Yesterday was no exception as [...]

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 [...]

Go Change the World

By Jeff Rich – RichJ44@bellsouth.net
Disclaimer:  I’m afraid you’re in for another edition of the Jeffrey Blog(tm) this week.  Kiera is very busily working on a new Sunday School curriculum and Friday night, in an attempt to lower her stress level, I innocently asked “What can I do to help?”
“Well…you could clean the bathrooms tomorrow, that [...]

That’s Entertainment!

By Kiera Rich – KRich13@bellsouth.net
I have this little game that I play when I can’t sleep at night.  Due to a stubborn and persistent streak of insomnia, I’ve been playing a lot lately.  The game is pretty simple.  I lay in the dark and think of things I really want to know that cannot be learned [...]