A soul that walks on water leaves no footprints, but will make waves."
Having grown up Mennonite I have a certain amount of pride in my heritage and the community of crafters and their crafts comprised of homemade, homegrown and healthy. I have laughed again and again at the marketing of the Mennonite. “Mennonite Baked Go…
Right before leaving for Michigan I got an e-mail from a friend from college. She and her family were planning to visit the Nashville area and she was hoping I would be in town. Thankfully for this circumstance my trip would end and bring me back befor…
My boys got into the diet thing when I was being faithful. Explaining what a diet is and why I wanted to lose a few pounds was actually kind of fun. It really did make them more aware of what is in food and what foods make us feel good and what foods m…
On Sunday morning while in Michigan I went to church with my brother. My sister, Kristy, used to attend the church he attends and a lot of our relatives attend there as well. I’ve visited several times also and still have never heard their pastor give…
My friend Shannon and I didn’t coordinate our plans so that the week she spent in Michigan would coincide with the days that I spent in Michigan. This was a problem as both of us felt the need to catch up and neither of us could change our plans. So th…
I was just thinking about what it felt like to laugh uncontrollably when I was really big and pregnant. I like that memory.
Had a very nice trip to Michigan. The drive up was uneventful and we made pretty good time for a Friday afternoon. The traffic was about as heavy as I’ve ever seen it on that stretch of highway but we don’t usually leave at such an odd time of day.…
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A trite little phrase crossed her lipsugly words driven hard to leave ripsShe looked over her noseat the husband she choseand drank her own poison in sipsWouldn’t you love to know her? (sarcasm intended)Unfortunately not all limericks ar…
So far Ivan has had one day of school. Yesterday I got groceries. That’s a morning activity in our house and I like it that way. If I cannot do any better about schooling than I may have to change that, but I’m hoping this is just an odd week.
Th…