2013: The Year of The Sparrow

The Board of Directors met this morning and we all had our game faces on. The leadership of The Sparrow’s Nest is ready to put the pedal to the metal, the nose to the grindstone, pulling for the whole nine yards. 2013 is going to a huge year for Sparrow....

Our Kitchen Table

  This is my kitchen table. This is it’s best side. Up close you can see that it’s laminate has been melted off in many sections due to hot pots and unfortunate incidents with fingernail polish remover. If you sit at the far right hand corner you will...

Kinda makes you want to pull your hair out

Remember we first got started? We just had that seemingly simple plan of we’ll get a house, follow some state rules, recruit some great staff, mostly run it on a shoe string and volunteers, and just fill these girls with the love of God. We’re still trying...

If I Get Hit By A Bus

A few members of our team have shared some interesting conversations and follow up emails last week. The main subject is if I die. In and of itself this topic is a bit disconcerting. But, we were mostly talking about properly sharing and storing passwords to our bank...

Dollar Signs Don’t Scare Me

The stairwell will cost $10,000. The house will cost $372,000. You’ll need to make that bathroom ADA compliant. $25,000 right there. You’ll need to add a sprinkler system on every level. That’s going to run you upwards to $80,000. You need a parking...