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About That Time...

Posted in General Posts by Cat Pollock on 10/5/2011

First off, I am (once again) super far behind on updating any and all blogs I may or may not be updating.

Second, it's about time that I posted a notice up here saying that I've started a new blog.

I'll still be posting here every so often - mostly processing I am still doing about my World Race experiences - but the majority of my blog writing from here on out will be on the new site.

So please... mosey on over and subscribe there (and/bookmark it)!

The new address:

http://www.catpollock.com

Thank you, everyone, for your faithful support while I was gone, and for continuing to read and comment and support now that I am home.

I love all of you so much!

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Thoughts on Seasons

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 9/4/2011

Something I've been thinking about a lot in the last week has been where I was at this time last year-

Where I was, what I was doing, who I was with (or not with).

I've been comparing it to where I am now, what I am doing now, and who I am with now.

Last night, as I started writing a life update, I realized something.

A new season has started for me, and instead of celebrating and engaging in this new season, I've been dwelling on seasons past.

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Marina

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 7/14/2011

The first time I saw Marina, she was sitting on the lone pew in the sanctuary at church, waiting for the first day of Vacation Bible School to start.
She offered me a shy smile as I sat down a few feet away.
I asked her name, and she said (quietly), "Marina."
That was how the conversation started. Click here to continue reading...

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Simply Silent

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 7/13/2011

I realize I have been severely lacking in the update department since my return home.

And I wish...

I wish it were because of a lack of words to describe life since the plane touched down in Phoenix, Arizona on December 4, 2010.

Much of my silence, I've realized in the last few days, has come because there have been many pages written in the story of my life, and every time I turn around, one of those pages is being edited.

While I realize no story is ever going to be completely perfect, there is a part of me that is waiting in anticipation of a time when these newest pages have reached a nearer state of readiness for revelation to the world.

One of the biggest challenges (and the subject of many new pages) in the last seven months has been my health.

What was supposed to be a routine eye exam turned into a several month process of determining what could be causing my optic nerves to look swollen.

Multiple doctors visits, scans, and tests later, I am told I have a condition that causes calcium deposits to collect on my optic nerves and make them appear swollen (called pseudopapilledema).

There's nothing to be done at this point, other than to keep an eye on its progress.

And yes, I realize the pun I just made - feel free to laugh, groan, or shake your head, and then continue reading.

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Receiving the Blessing

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 5/3/2011

I've been thinking a lot about blessings lately-What they look like, what form they come in...

Yesterday, the blessing was the reminder that my work schedule is (extremely) flexible.

Today, it's the click-click sound of the washing machine as it beats out the dirt and other grossness that gets into my clothes, and being able to spend time with Grandma.

She's in good health and good spirits, by the way.

I don't anticipate anything happening to her for awhile, and I can't imagine what the world will be like when she's gone.

But this morning as I stumbled through the house towards the kitchen in a barely awake stupor, I had another thought entirely about blessings.

It came as a result of a conversation with my mom mid-stupor.

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Lessons Learned: Communication

Posted in WR Lessons Learned by Cat Pollock on 3/31/2011

LESSON #2: Communication is an exercise in patience

When I originally sat down to write this blog, I made the mistake of sitting down next to James.
My NLBC blog followers (and family) know it is a rare occasion for James to be sighted without at least one writing tablet - and usually, he'll have two.
Tonight, he was sitting at the dining table with them, right beside my computer.
The second I sat down, he was shoving one tablet towards me, and pointing to a phrase written on the other.
Although there was no pen in his hand at the time, there was one sitting right in front of him.
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Family Tree

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 3/7/2011

Besides Carolyn Arends, there are a number of other singers/bands which I have a deep appreciation of.

Matthew West is one of those.

He's one of my favorites singers, really (I have all of his major record label albums, and an album or two from before he got big).

When I found out he had released a new album while I was out traveling the world, it jumped to the top of my list of new music to track down.

I was especially excited, when I read about it, to find out that he had taken inspiration for this album from life stories people had shared with him through email.

How much better of a way could there be to speak into people's lives through music than to know what people are walking through?

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Better Than A Hallelujah

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 2/20/2011

Let me start this blog by saying that the music of Amy Grant doesn't often get me excited.

One Christmas when I was seven or eight, my older sister got an Amy Grant cassette, and I got a Sandi Patty tape.

I thought she got the raw end of the deal.

So on Thursday morning, when Mom pulled out an accompaniment track for Amy Grant's "Better Than a Hallelujah" to practice on the way to the pharmacy before we took James in for some testing at the hospital, I went straight for my I-Pod to not have to listen to it.

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The Blog You've Been Waiting For

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 2/3/2011

It all started in July of 2008 in Dearborn, Michigan, gathered around the front desk of Angel House, talking about the future of short term missions and dreams for the future.
That was when the words spilled out of my mouth.

I wanted to travel - around the world and across America - telling stories about what God is doing.
About the people He's using.
I wanted to invite others to join in that work-
To make them aware of what is happening and be a part of God stirring them into action.
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Land's End

Posted in Post Race by Cat Pollock on 1/12/2011

Written in early December 2010

I was at Land's End this afternoon.

Land's End on Bailey's Island in southern Maine, that is.

While my parents searched out shells, rocks, and sea glass, I spent a few minutes quietly contemplating my surroundings.

Physically, I was at Land's End, but I have been in this spot spiritually for a couple of weeks now.

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