Articles written by Emily Sidnam
Graduating Class of 2008
Embarrassment - And why you shouldn’t let it hold you back.
The better you are at things, the fewer mistakes you make, the fewer mistakes you make, the less embarrassment you usually go through. Generally, I like to avoid embarrassing myself. I enjoy doing things I am good at. I am usually more reluctant to dive into things I am not good at. I am not good at sports. Some people are natural athletes. I am a natural klutz. This does not matter to the state of California, however. It still requires for all able-bodied (walking, breathing) students to complete a certain amount of physical education units throughout their high school career. Download full article “Thoughts from Left Field”
Suffering is a brick wall
I was just contemplating suffering. Why do we suffer? What is its purpose? How should we respond to it? Much musing, and several passages of Scripture later, I found that…
Keep Reading »FLCS Alumni Reflections
Recently, I attended my 25th high school reunion in Lake Tahoe California. There were 28 students that graduated in 1984 from Forest Lake Christian School, near Auburn. We were a typical class with a diverse group of kids, all gifted in different areas. (I was a cheerleader and softball player…not so good in the academic area) Because we attended a small school, there were plenty of opportunities to be involved in sports or academics, and by our senior year most of us had spent four years together, finding our way to adulthood through the friendships and experiences that our school provided. Our senior trip had taken place in two cabins on Eagle Lake, so it seamed fitting to reunite in the great outdoors once again.
The planning started many months before when several of us had connected on Facebook. My friends John and Cathy were the first to bravely suggest a…
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