by Amanda Read Sheik | May 7, 2010 | Journal
Things are very suspicious over here, I know. I’ve had over a month long sabbatical from blogging. That’s not how I intended it to be. But blogging slipped my mind as of late since I’ve been… – Getting ready for Summer classes (and now...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 24, 2010 | Journal
Yesterday I turned twenty. Well, I can now say that the first decade of my life was spent spread across the globe, and the second decade of my life was spent in Alabama. The next decade is yet to be told. I had a great birthday. My twelve-year old sister Abigail...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 2, 2010 | Journal, Literary Projects
I’ve recently worked on a few life make-overs. My hairstyle, for one (with the help of my wonderful Grandmomma) and my websites, for another. In order to streamline my literary work, I have branched off Luke Historians and Not Just An Opinion from Sincerely...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 25, 2009 | Comedy, Reminiscences, Satire
The exceptionalism of Jesus Christ was his livelihood, and yet he could not bring himself to believe it. The Reads’ little red Honda scooted down the narrow driveway along the rail fence of the Christmas tree farm. It was December of 1993; Amanda was a little...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Dec 16, 2009 | Journal
Meet the ninth child and sixth daughter of the Read family… I love my littlest sister! Rebecca Laurel (“oath of victory”) was born on December 8, 2009 at 12:42 p.m. She was 8 lbs., 1 oz. and 19 in. long (shortest and heaviest baby in our family...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 11, 2009 | Reminiscences
Nine years ago today, I walked down to the newspaper stand on the Redstone Arsenal military post to fetch a copy of The Huntsville Times that included an article featuring our family. I still remember the days preceding it when the news reporter and photographer...
