A soul that walks on water leaves no footprints, but will make waves."
I’ve been reading L.M.Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series. I’m almost done with the third one. If I begin writing a little too flowery, that’s why. I lifted my head from the book this morning and thought, “I’m afrost with delight o’er the though…
I stepped outside the church on a Monday afternoon after getting some papers signed for my kids to go to church camp. We were under the awning, waiting for the rain to let up so we could run to the car. A woman was standing there; she had attended a f…
The other day I was mentally scanning the last several months and how there are so many uncertainties. We live day to day, we know God has a plan and even a prize around the corner, but we don’t always know if the next step is the right step, or if the…
I was at Kroger getting gas when a silver mini-van pulled up at the pump next to me. Before I saw the driver, I saw the dent. It looked like it had been hit pretty good, and then, to save some money, had been banged out to a useable shape. It was pro…
This hasn’t been our best year. Really. Financially, emotionally, relationally, a whole pile of “not our finest” moments. Yet… I’m convinced that years like 2014 are essential. They are the interruptions that make us better, they are not defining…
With a dozen fresh cinnamon rolls in hand, we piled out of the car to deliver them to expecting friends. The lights on their house made it very clear how to get to their front door and the side walk stretched welcoming from the driveway where each of m…
When I married Kris I knew a few things he didn’t know. I knew that he could do more than he thought he could, and I knew that he would start a business.
He had no desire to start a business and told me so, but I knew he would anyway.
There wer…
On Father’s Day I posted on facebook that my best parenting decision, aside from my choice to follow Christ, was marrying my husband Kris. I meant that, and this past week reinforced that idea in my head.
It seemed that Psalm 127 was quoted numerou…
Praying for my kids isn’t a little thing I do in the evenings before bedtime.
Praying for my kids isn’t a ritual around the table.
Praying for my kids isn’t a part time practice, spurred by anything that looks like habit or tradition.
Praying f…
I went green for my lawn.
I needed a small lawn mower so I could work on my lawn myself and not have to call someone every time it needs a basic run through. With the problems I’d had with my back and the very steep hill we have in our back yard, I…