I want to be insightful and/or entertaining today, but it's been a stressful 24 hours and my brain is fried. So how about some Friday Links?
♥ I'm the last person to hop on the What Should We Call Memphis bandwagon, but it is indeed hilarious (and accurate).
♥ Shauna Niequist's take on those famous lines from Mary Oliver.
♥ Five love stories from couples who met via the semi-annual Show Us Your Singles posts on Kelly's Korner. The last story really encouraged me, making me feel hopeful instead of like happy endings are only for other people.
♥ This sweet Kelle Hampton post made me think differently about being involved in the lives of friends' and relatives' kids.
♥ This Rainbow Ribbon Jello is beautiful to look at! I'll let someone else make it though. :)
♥ I appreciated this post from Sarah Bessey about the evolution of her blog, writing, and calling. (I've intended to go to two different writing/blogging conferences this year, and have putzed out on both due to scheduling conflicts, so it's nice to hear that going to a conference doesn't necessarily make or break your "career.")
♥ And, related: Robin Jones Gunn shares a little about the history of the Christy Miller books. I'm too rough around the edges to ever be or write like Robin Jones Gunn, but I sure do admire her.
Enjoy the Olympic opening ceremony tonight! I'll have an exciting post for you on Monday.
Sorry about the stress, I hope the weekend gets better for you. Unless, of course, it's a good stress ... and then, I hope good comes as a result of all this stress! :)
ReplyDeleteBRENDA! I just read ALL of those stinkin' posts about people meeting on that blog! What in the world? I am going to have to start setting single friends up via that blog. PS- i cried in EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.
ReplyDeleteI don't live anywhere near Memphis, but those gifs were hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI've never read that poem before, but I really liked it, as well as Niequist's thoughts on it.
Those love stories brought tears to my eyes!
Aww, I loved the article talking about kids and loving someone else's. And then I got lost in the links and reading lots of other entries. ;)
I bookmarked the rainbow Jell-O recipe! Maybe I'll make it one day this fall when I need a little happiness. :)
What an encouraging post about writing! I needed to read that. :) Also, she has some really good posts on there.