Well … quite obviously, regular reader, I am at home. Actually, as I type this, it’s my birthday. We ordered takeout pizza from California Pizza Kitchen which offered gloved, curb-side pick-up … until it didn’t. We were among the last customers, on the last night it was open. Do we know how to celebrate or…
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For Such a Time As This: Living in quarantine, but not in exile
First published on the Christian Camps and Conferences website as a blog from a ‘camper mom’. March 20, 2020 We’re studying the books of Ruth and Esther in our women’s Bible studies at church (and now virtually). It’s been encouraging to step back and see the common themes running through both books. Namely, God is in control and…
Doing Things by the Book
By Esther C. Baird First published in the TriTown Transcript March 13, 2020 Well Regular Readers, it’s been a while. I took a hiatus from my column because I needed to focus on getting my second book finalized, which I did. It’s done and will be available on Amazon by Easter. But, unlike my first…
Boldly Entering the New Year
First published in the TriTown Transcript Well it was a doozy of a year end. The flu ripped through our community and nearly half of the students in the middle and high schools where our two girls attend, got sick. They cancelled practices, lessons, games, a semi-formal dance and a Christmas concert. It was as…
Finding Joy in January
First published on the enCourage blog, a PCA Women’s Ministry. January 6, 2020. I don’t want to be contrary but talk about the new year never sits well with me. Yes, it’s a new year, I get it. One day it’s 2019 and the next day—and perhaps a few noise makers later—it’s 2020. The media…
My Minivan Truth
By Esther C. Baird First published in the Tri-Town Transcript Dec 18, 2019 Well regular reader, I have some sad news to report from casa Baird. We had to say goodbye to the Giant Sparkle, my favorite car of all time and our minivan of 10 years. Silver, loyal, large. I will never love a…
Thankfully Decorated
By Esther C. Baird First Published in the Tri Town Transcript November 26, 2019 When you read this it will be right around Thanksgiving. My early Christmas decorating may be mildly annoying to some of you, but still within the acceptable range. But what if I tell you that our decorations, like so many twinkling…
Highlights for Late Fall
By Esther Baird First published in the Tri-Town Transcript November 13, 2019 Recently my daughters and I got our hair done. My girlfriend is our hairdresser and the only person on the planet I trust with the skunk-like grey streak that runs down the middle of my head. Her salon is in Revere, which isn’t…
Detour to Vacation Mode
By Esther C. Baird First published in the Tri Town Transcript, Oct 31, 2019 We recently spent a family weekend in Stowe, Vermont, in a house that allowed dogs. I scanned the rental agreement looking for any fine print about vast quantities of fur but found none. So Blue Ears and Moose, our two Bernese…
Dinner with no backstory
Esther C. Baird First published in the Tri Town Transcript Oct 17, 2019 Mid-fall is the time of year when I begin to feel an underlying anxiety about dinners. You know, the fact that the family wants to eat one every night for, best I can tell, at least 18 years. Here’s a heart stopper:…