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Terri Barnes

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Terri Barnes
October 30, 2023

Can't Stop This Train

Terri Barnes
October 30, 2023
Can't Stop This Train

I’ve been thirty and forty. I’ve been fifty. They were all good. Very good, but sixty is none of those things. Sixty is definitely a new experience, but it’s not the new forty, not a recycled or reimagined version of who I used to be.

Tagged: birthdays, journeys, aging, train, c.s. lewis

Terri Barnes
December 16, 2022

Oh, My Darling

Terri Barnes
December 16, 2022
Oh, My Darling

Every Christmas we spend a lot of time looking for good gifts, but sometimes the best ones catch us unaware. A gift may be ordinary in the moment but become extraordinary when enjoyed and savored, transformed into an unexpected treasure.

Terri Barnes
September 11, 2021

Heavens Above

Terri Barnes
September 11, 2021
Heavens Above

Everyone remembers what they were doing on September 11, 2001. I’ve often wished I was doing something more significant than the usual morning routine. In the moment, I was oblivious to events that would affect every part of our military life from that day forward.

Tagged: September 11, Memories, Journaling, Family, Faith

Terri Barnes
March 3, 2021

Hip to be Nerdy

Terri Barnes
March 3, 2021
Hip to be Nerdy

Being nerdy, geeky, or book smart now carries a cachet of coolness. I was a nerd when it was not cool—at all. Not even a little bit. I’d like to think I was ahead of my time.

Tagged: book smart, reading, nerds, growing up, nerd alert, high school, New York Times, Wesley Crusher

Terri Barnes
October 25, 2020

Sweet Mystery of Life

Terri Barnes
October 25, 2020
Sweet Mystery of Life

Contemplating the abundance of murder-centric stories on my shelves, I’ve deduced that my affinity for mysteries is not a fixation on death but a desire to make sense of life.

Tagged: books, mystery, whodunnit, sleuths, book smart

Terri Barnes
September 21, 2020

When the Doors Open

Terri Barnes
September 21, 2020
When the Doors Open

We had big plans for 2020. We thought we were on our way up or at least out. Turns out we’re going nowhere—stuck between the sixth and seventh floors, wondering how long before we’ll be free again.

Tagged: You've Got Mail, Tom Hanks, elevator speeches, adversity, Nora Ephron, pandemic

Terri Barnes
April 13, 2020

Measured in Silver Spoons

Terri Barnes
April 13, 2020
Measured in Silver Spoons

Looking at the engraved letters on the tiny silver spoon, a gift from a military spouse club when our first baby was born, and I thought about the lasting gifts military life has given our children -- and our family.

Tagged: military life, moving, deployment, baby gifts, transitions, children, gifts, military kids

Terri Barnes
February 12, 2020

Of Love and Moving Trucks

Terri Barnes
February 12, 2020
Of Love and Moving Trucks

How do I love thee? Let me count the moving trucks. I admit, some of the reasons I love you don’t lend themselves to poetry.

Tagged: military life, marriage, love, commitment, moving

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