After 2 years of knowing a change was coming, 10 months of actively praying about the change, 6 months of applying for jobs, and 2 months of interviewing, the Taylors finally know where they’re moving: Bellingham, Washington. This past week, Western Washington University offered Dwayne a Resident Director position beginning August 2nd and Dwayne accepted [...]
Author Archives: Christin Taylor
A Beautiful Mess
April 6, 2010 – 10:53 pm
This past Fall I had the good fortune to meet and befriend Kristin Ritzau, the author of _A Beautiful Mess_, forthcoming this summer from Conversant Media Group. Kristin has the uncommon ability to inspire the best in those around her, and to then motivate those of us lucky enough to know her to go achieve [...]
Recollection
April 4, 2010 – 6:15 pm
“As a working mom it’s easy to forget that my body cannot be broken like fishes and loaves and multiplied to infinitum. It’s easy to forget that my broken body, unlike the Lord’s, does not, in fact, give life to those around me.” To read the rest of my latest article on Ungrind, go here. [...]
Up-gathered
April 2, 2010 – 3:58 pm
I feel all ramped up. Something is going to happen but I don’t know what. I’m waiting for something to break – but there’s nothing immediate on the horizon. Perhaps it’s just all the excitement of these last few weeks. So many things coming together, moving forward, sweeping me up like Wordsworth’s howling winds in, [...]
The Blank Page Writing Workshops
March 24, 2010 – 8:49 pm
I am so excited to launch my online writing workshops called, The Blank Page Writing Workshops! Go to www.christintaylor.com to check them out! It has been a couple months now of dreaming and arranging, and designing and brainstorming and finally the initial blocks are falling into place. Our first workshop is beginning this weekend, the [...]
Like a Big Rock in a Stream
March 17, 2010 – 1:26 pm
The other night, I sat in our living room and listened to the families on the other side of the wall coming to fetch their students home for Spring Break. The language I heard the families speaking out in the foyer and on the sidewalk was nearly exclusively Spanish, and I’ve just come to take [...]
Getting Changed
March 5, 2010 – 9:17 pm
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! The Calvary has come. My mom and dad hit LA yesterday and my life has been pure bliss since! There is nothing like two adoring grandparents to relieve a mom who is husband-less for a week. Today I got to spend some extra time grading. For reasons that are inexplicable to [...]
Butterflies In My Stomach!
March 3, 2010 – 7:42 am
Well, it’s big times in the Taylor household this week. At 3:30 this morning Dwayne snuck out of the room and flipped on the hall light in order to get ready to go to the airport. At 3:47 he came back and gave me a kiss whispering, “I’ll call you when I get there.” At [...]
Noelle-a-raptor
February 16, 2010 – 8:29 pm
There are two doors by which to get out of our apartment. One door is in our living room and leads into the foyer of the Resident’s Hall, and the other door is in our kitchen and leads out to the front lawn. Unfortunately, the handle on the door leading outside is perfectly suited for [...]
Gorgeous Vistas
January 25, 2010 – 10:35 pm
Tonight, I held Noelle in my arms and sang her a new song before bed. “Good night sweetheart, well, it’s time to go – bah bum, bah bum” She looked up at me, her big eyes reflecting back the small light in the hall. And she grinned with curious delight. “Good night sweetheart, well, it’s [...]