tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31701768272229761452024-02-02T07:34:17.531-05:00Kajiji GirlsWelcome to the Kajiji Girl blog!
We encourage you to submit your comments for any and all posts. Let this be a continuation of the great conversations we've had thus far as well as an opportunity for new voices to join in.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-11121619123065264492016-10-18T09:18:00.000-05:002016-10-18T09:42:51.977-05:00Six Loves Lost
Life-size replica of his feet
October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Month. In any typical year, I'd post those reminders/memes on my fb page without a thought. I'd do it because it would be my way of remembering the five babies I've lost in the past 15 years due to early pregnancy miscarriages. But all those babies, though their loss saddened me, were vague notions of a human being to me. I Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-88796627160808467152016-04-14T15:21:00.001-05:002016-04-14T15:24:30.674-05:00Choices Sometimes it seems like God is a big, fat teaser. It's especially hardest when life hands you unexpected surprises (a pregnancy, a job, a move - something hopeful) which then fall apart. You end up sitting there wondering what happened. Wondering why these possibilities were snatched away. Wondering why they were even offered in the first place. Hopes you maybe never even asked for. Dreams you Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-635467496343491072014-07-25T10:19:00.001-05:002014-07-25T10:19:31.690-05:00It Takes a Village? Yes, Yes, It Does!I know I don't write much on this blog site anymore, but I saw this post and it just screamed KAJIJIS! Anyway, when I read this, it literally brought tears to my eyes because of the stark truth in it along with the realization that this is what Kajiji Girls was all about. Life goes on and some things can't go on forever, BUT the needs go on as well and if we don't meet them, we starve and Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-42689576161484541362014-05-10T07:59:00.003-05:002014-05-10T08:08:05.251-05:00Happy Humble, Serving, Joyful, Devoted, Contented Day! I mean, Happy Mother's Day!Oh, boy, do I need this reminder! I would sum up my thoughts and feelings about this article here except that you just have to read it for yourself and see if you relate to any of it. I know I do! Oh, and before you start, Happy Mother's Day!
I heard it all over Facebook and Twitter and in phone calls last year. The disappointment.
The flowers that didn’t come, the cards that were&Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-2978089482912338272013-12-17T16:08:00.001-05:002013-12-17T16:08:27.086-05:00Pagan {Christian} Parenting
Please go here and read this article RIGHT NOW! :) It's called "How to Raise a Pagan Kid in a Christian Home". It's phenomenal and will really prick your conscience if you're like the typical American Christian parent like me. Here's an excerpt:
Do you teach your kids "be good because the Bible tells you to" or do you teach your kids that they will never be good without Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-41120518076410978812013-11-14T15:42:00.000-05:002013-11-14T15:42:38.166-05:00Offering Up Your TalentsWhen I do rarely happen to catch an interesting posting on someone's blog, many times I'm uplifted, encouraged, convicted, inspired, etc. However there are times when I feel the posting is written *just* for me! This is one I love and want to share with you. It's about being willing to sacrifice and lay on the altar your gifts and strengths and those things you actually take pride in Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-7293128856400797222013-10-10T15:52:00.001-05:002013-10-10T15:52:48.030-05:00Opposite World courtesy of WLW MinistriesI follow a blog called Women Living Well Ministries and the blog author had a series entitled {Opposite World} where she shares how our lives as Christians are (and should be) quite opposite from how the world lives. I haven't caught all the posts, but the most recent one caught my eye. It's about friendship between women, and I wanted to share it with you here.
"I got a phone call a few Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-62555306081945525152013-10-02T17:53:00.000-05:002013-10-02T17:53:53.490-05:00You Are Here
It's been a long while. A long time since I've written on this blog. A long while that I've had time to even think about writing or reading a blog. My life is so busy right now, and I'm just now getting an inkling as to what everyone-else-I've-ever-looked-at-cross-eyed-because-they-were-too-busy-to-live-life feels like. I know this is a temporary season, but it's the season Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-8075416186297741582013-08-28T11:43:00.000-05:002013-08-28T11:43:19.792-05:00Why Time With God is A Very Fluid Concept Right NowThis morning, I was going to turn over a new leaf. Or rather, a dry brittle leaf that's been turned over more times than Jack & Jill would have had the hill they fell down been Mt. Washington itself. I was going to start my day with God. You know, that glorious idea of a "Morning Devotional," or "Quiet Time?" I woke at 7:20am with visions of a breakfast date with Jesus. Here's what it Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-87749627687460155072013-05-31T09:35:00.003-05:002013-05-31T09:47:55.437-05:00A Christian's Role
“The question “How can
Christians be culturally relevant?” is redundant. “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds”
wasn’t a temporary cultural need 2,000 years ago. Only Jesus can give the world
what it needs, but often to show them the Designer and Author of Life we are too busy
making sure that we fit in. Mother Theresa was out of this world because she
was living for the Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-19103965180390059122013-04-30T07:56:00.000-05:002013-04-30T07:56:55.167-05:00Motherhood is Not a HobbyThis one of the finest pieces I have ever read about Motherhood. I just had to share it here:
Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.
Christian mothers carry their children in hostile territory. When you are in public with Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-21869437611350352022013-04-25T12:28:00.000-05:002013-04-25T12:29:13.245-05:00Goodness as a ReflectionMy husband was just telling me about this article he had read in some National Geographic magazine which intrigued him to no end. It was about Singapore, a country 1/8 the size of Delaware. It states: "Out of a malarial swamp, the tiny island at the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula gained independence from Britain in 1963 and, in one generation, transformed itself into a Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-72347066600962297962013-04-02T13:58:00.002-05:002013-04-02T13:58:29.481-05:00Seven - PossessionsWe've wrapped up the clothing chapter of Seven and are moving on to the chapter on Possessions. This means we will be spending roughly the month of April in serious purge-mode. The challenge is to give away the equivalent of 7 items a day for 30 days, which totals 240 items. However, there are LOTS of variations on this, and the important thing is to reflect on where your own possessions are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-68288799308805107952013-03-28T06:51:00.004-05:002013-03-28T06:51:57.636-05:00Clothing CheaterWell, I've started cheating. I kinda knew I would. Last night, when I went to get ready for bed and remembered that my one set of PJs was in the wash (downstairs) and I hadn't had the time to do laundry (like, this whole week), and it was just way too warm (thank Jesus) for my fleece jammies anyway, so I grabbed a cotton pair and called it a night.
Then, this morning, after two days of sweating Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-36330735775498324472013-03-20T20:46:00.001-05:002013-03-20T20:46:49.446-05:00BrainlessCrystal here. Going into my second week with this experiment has shown me that I am perfectly comfortable wearing almost the same thing every. single. day. Wow, totally didn't expect that. In fact, my pile of approved clothes sits in a small pile right inside my bedroom door so I don't even have to really put my clothes away when I'm done wearing them for the day. This Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-11002323489121634362013-03-19T08:34:00.001-05:002013-03-19T08:34:37.137-05:00Clothing - Christmas in MarchI woke up celebrating this morning, despite the unfavorable amount of white stuff covering my crocuses. I have no printable comments to say about welcoming the first day of Spring with a blizzard. Rather, I realized I had two shirts off my approved list that never made it out of my bureau and therefore haven't been worn these past two weeks. EUREKA! I am so excited. I think I may be on to Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-42842945420320954002013-03-15T10:10:00.001-05:002013-03-15T10:10:48.007-05:00Clothinng - 1 Week - BackfireSo after being at this for one week, there are a few thoughts swimming around in my brain.
1. I'm sick of wearing this stuff.
2. When this is over I need to go clothing shopping.
Rest assured I am just as aghast at that 2nd item as you may be. What? Go shopping?! Obviously I am missing the point. But here's the deal. I own one pair of jeans. I think I may be the only American who fits this Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-70147805683808731132013-03-11T14:57:00.001-05:002013-03-11T14:57:44.797-05:00Mutiny Against Excess Experiment (Crystal's Clothing)
This month, as you've probably read, we're diving into the book, Seven: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess. Since we're doing the Clothing month first, we've decided to share our allowable list of clothing for the month. Some of us are doing other things such as only wearing clothes we haven't worn in more than a year,etc. I'm really looking forward to hearing about others'Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-77761642080130571972013-03-09T20:05:00.001-05:002013-03-09T20:05:27.177-05:00Clothing - Day TwoCame up with two questions today.
Do hair accessories count as a banned item?
What about my winter robe?
Not trying to be legalistic, but I've been in a minor tizzy about these two all day.
(Written while wrapped up in my robe with my hair in two buns held by hair elastics.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-45217515143059962542013-03-08T10:20:00.000-05:002013-03-08T10:20:52.930-05:00Clothing - Day OneI almost forgot today was the start of Seven. I was so excited to embrace a pajama day when I saw the snow flying outside. Hmmmm. A day of staying in the house, warm and snuggly in my footie jammies for the WHOLE DAY. YES!
But the jammies I was wearing weren't on my approved list.
I got dressed.
Which is probably a good thing, because then I went to my chiropractic adjustment and later we're Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-59408965961856583932013-03-04T09:04:00.001-05:002013-03-04T09:04:19.487-05:001st Month of Seven = Clothing<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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In that place between wakefulness and dreams, I found myself
in the room. There were no distinguishing features save for the one wall
covered with small index-card files. They were like the ones in libraries that
list titles by Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-38636393928240676342013-02-25T07:34:00.000-05:002013-02-25T07:34:00.345-05:00Intoducing "7" and Our Seven-Month Fast<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10636640091032535265noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-16641619348511211742013-02-15T17:31:00.001-05:002013-02-15T17:31:38.561-05:00RebornFor those who haven't been privy to our newest updated schedule of Kajiji Girls, there are many exciting things going on! Our month now consists of one prayer meeting, one workshop, one book club week and one topic-directed discussion week. Since today was our first workshop, I'm excited to share with you what we talked about and learned. Since it's all about Scripture memory, Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170176827222976145.post-31350157180399656342013-02-14T13:03:00.000-05:002013-02-14T13:03:39.463-05:00Depraved Indifference Short FilmEvery once in awhile I check back with one of my favorite websites called Ellerslie. Occasionally they post inspiring short films based on a sermon by Eric Ludy, one of the founders of Ellerslie. You may have already watched this one. Heck, I may have already posted this one before, but if so, I'm posting it again because if you're like me, you can always use the remindersCrystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03917444230479505568noreply@blogger.com0