A soul that walks on water leaves no footprints, but will make waves."
Friday morning seems forever ago because it started at 4:30 a.m. We attended another 6:00 a.m. prayer meeting and enjoyed our time a little more because we didn’t have to rush straight to school as soon as it was over. We had our parent teacher con…
I tend to leave my marriage issues out of my blog. There are a lot of reasons for that, but here are the two big reasons. 1) If it’s bad, it always gets better and there is more damage done in expressing what’s bad than in waiting for truth to rise up…
Several weeks ago I walked through a department store with my boys and as is typical some were speeding ahead while another was lagging behind. I was able to get the older boys to stop for a moment while I caught up and waited for Aron. As I approached…
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 wrote part of this early last week for my Distaff Side blog but I’ve been so behind on that (I have a series of posts on preservation I’m trying to write) so I thought I’ll just write it here and maybe add it to the other blog later. Life has ups…
The boys started swim lessons in June:
I have not been anxious to catch up on my blog, and I seriously have not had enough time to sit and write. That often means that there are loads of things to write about, but I haven’t felt a back up and I haven’t felt that urge to purge my brain of all…
As you know I went to Michigan over the weekend to see my niece Jessica graduate. She is my oldest niece and I don’t see her often as she lives up in Michigan and is 17. First there was an open house for her and another graduate which their church host…
Mother’s Day weekend was prefaced by a flood. I’ve written a little about that but have yet to tell of some of the personal experiences associated with it. That Saturday Kris and I were completely oblivious to the horror that was going on around us. W…
Remember when I said, “He’s showing me the clarity I can achieve through discipline and even sacrifice.” Well I am also finding out that the opposite is also true. I taught Sunday school this morning. I didn’t have that clarity. But I did have a…