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Letters (to vent my frustration)
Since today I am apparently channeling my inner 80-year-old crotchety old woman, and I haven’t written letters of any sort for a long...

Mandy Crow
May 31, 20123 min read
You Will Find Me
As friends deal with the loss of a child and another friends awaits news about her grandpa’s failing health, this is the song that’s been...

Mandy Crow
May 30, 20121 min read
A little perspective
This morning, I was upset because I thought my air conditioner wasn’t working right. It’ll cost a ton of money to fix it, I thought to...

Mandy Crow
May 29, 20122 min read
Going home
I woke up this morning with a smile on my face. Coming at the end of a week when I’ve been alternately exhausted and overwhelmed, a smile...

Mandy Crow
May 25, 20122 min read


Road Trip!!!!!
One day last August, I sat in my car before coming into work and cried. Not because I hate what I do, because I don’t. Not because I was...

Mandy Crow
May 22, 20122 min read
Today, my heart is heavy.
My heart is heavy today. Over the weekend, a friend of a friend was involved in a awful car accident in Mississippi with her six kids in...

Mandy Crow
May 21, 20122 min read
Book Review: Sarah’s Key
The Book: The Review: Truth be told, I picked this book up for two very simple, albeit uninformed reasons: I liked the cover and as I...

Mandy Crow
May 16, 20122 min read


Dear David Freese, Mike Matheny, Jake Westbrook, and St. Louis Cardinals et al:
Why is it that any time I can actually watch a game—meaning it’s not blacked out on my incredibly useless sports package for Dish...

Mandy Crow
May 15, 20121 min read


Part of me
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. And as I got dressed for church, I found myself thinking about my grandmothers. Grandma Polly passed away...

Mandy Crow
May 14, 20123 min read


Prayers for a friend
I woke up tired this morning. Probably because I didn’t sleep well—which is directly correlated to the fact that I read a few chapters in...

Mandy Crow
May 10, 20121 min read
I talk too much.
OK, so that’s not necessarily true. I realize I’m known as a fairly quiet person. And for the most part, I am. But yesterday, I got...

Mandy Crow
May 8, 20121 min read


Yes, I cry when I read books. I have a heart.
Late last year, I picked up a book in a bookstore (remember those? Delightful places that smelled of ink and paper and had all kinds of...

Mandy Crow
May 7, 20122 min read
A face and a name
Yes, a detailed post about my 1/2 marathon experience this weekend is coming, but that kind of brilliance takes awhile. And on this last...

Mandy Crow
Apr 30, 20124 min read
By our love
Yesterday, I received an emailed prayer request for some dear family friends who had been deeply hurt and verbally attacked—at church....

Mandy Crow
Apr 24, 20122 min read
Well, that was awkward.
On Saturday night, my friend Buddy and I went to hear a guy Buddy has become pretty good friends with at a local listening...

Mandy Crow
Apr 23, 20123 min read


On the Road Again: 12 miles and the home stretch
No, you’re not confused. It is Friday. And I am just now posting the recap of last weekend’s 12-mile run. But as Alisha said, Saturday...

Mandy Crow
Apr 20, 20122 min read
I had that day.
So, I’m not known for my gracefulness. No one ever thinks about grace or elegance with my face in mind. I really must have missed that...

Mandy Crow
Apr 19, 20122 min read
Leaving Port William
I haven’t been writing much lately about my quest to read 30 books this year lately, frankly because it hasn’t been going so well. I got...

Mandy Crow
Apr 18, 20122 min read
Integrity isn’t a 4-letter word.
Integrity. Whenever I try to define that word, I find myself coming back to the same phrase: doing what you said you’d do. To me,...

Mandy Crow
Apr 17, 20123 min read


All about me, in pictures
So I needed something that didn’t take much creativity. . . . so yay for memes! Go to Google Images. Search for your answer to each...

Mandy Crow
Apr 13, 20121 min read
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