As per their tradition, Aunt Katie took Catie to the zoo the day after school left out. Both of the K/Caties look forward to this day of being together, seeing the animals, and celebrating the conclusion of another great year. This year we sent Catie with an old digital camera so that she could capture...Continue Reading
Here’s what I learned this weekend…Closing a church makes for odd relationships. Yesterday afternoon, leaving the last worship service with our congregation, felt like the aftermath of a train wreck.Our fellow CPSL members were the survivors. Even though we got to walk away, entire ordeal had caused so much emotion and hurt and relief. No one wanted...Continue Reading
What do you call a country where everyone drives a yellow car?A Yellow CarNation! Hahahhaaaa.Just one example of the fantastic jokes we’re enjoying around here this summer.We’re also enjoying the game SUNSHINE! Really, this is more than a game, but an obsession for the Hergenrader Family. And we’re not a family that plays a lot...Continue Reading
Four Questions about the Hergenrader Summer so far… Question ONE!True or False…These kids are all gathered on the couch because we’re having summer school! They’re learning to write their names (twins). They’re learning multiplication (Catie). They’re learning not to hit their mother (Nate).(Answer: False. The kids need to learn those lessons. Unfortunately they are gathered together...Continue Reading
So, guess who went to her first slumber party last night? That’s right! This kid. Even though most of her friends have done the sleepover thing, Catie has never asked to. The kid likes her own bed, and she seems to know it’s a good idea to stay there. Every time we’ve talked about sleepovers,...Continue Reading
So, the last two weeks of school were CRAZY. Someone said that May is the silent December because of all the parties and gifts and last-minute obligations that come with ending a school year.Very true.Oh, and as I think I’ve mentioned once or twice or seven hundred times, our family passed around an angry stomach...Continue Reading
So, I’ll never know what an actual divorce feels like. God-willing, God-thanking, and God-praising, I have found my true partner in life.We are one together forever and ever Amen.I only wish it was that easy to find a good church.Our church closed today (last Sunday is June 17), and the break-up is killing me.It’s like...Continue Reading
I’m presenting half of this picture as a metaphor for our summer.It’s mostly developed. Pretty much there. More or less visible.But not quite.We have a lot of Plan Bs. IF all else fails, we can spend the day in the pool.IF the kids get sick of our pool, there are the seven zillion neighborhood pools...Continue Reading
Hello.This has been an interesting week.It’s been a really hard week.And it’s only Wednesday. But, since this is a difficult and hard week, (one with the kids in school Tuesday through Thursday), it feels like Monday.Or, perhaps, Friday.I don’t even know anymore.I don’t know what I can say about what’s happening at our church.Or what...Continue Reading
Happy Memorial Day! Today I’m thinking about our lost relatives and our kids’ connection to the grandparents and great-grandparents and aunts and uncles that they’ve never met. Who were these men and women, the generations of Buehring, Krinke, Brueggemann, Zierke, Hergenrader, Allen, Nolte, and Retzloff? What would these lost loved ones think of our four...Continue Reading
