A soul that walks on water leaves no footprints, but will make waves."
Today is our second, first day of school for the year. Owen’s first day was yesterday and Ivan starts today. They do attend the same school, but as Ivan is starting kindergarten there is a phase in schedule that didn’t include him yesterday.
Owen…
The moment each of my boys were born I whispered something to them. “Jesus love you.” Above anything else, above my own love for them, above their own esteem, I want them to know that Jesus loves them.
Some may consider it cliché, some might consid…
I read Psalm 37 the other day and it really got me. I’ve always loved that chapter in Psalms. It’s full of nuggets that can inspire and challenge. As I read it I thought mostly of Kris. Some of the situations he deals with on a daily basis can be fr…
Leaning on Jesus (the everlasting arms)
“I don’t know how to do this?”
“I don’t know what I would do if I lost my mom.”
Loss requires an infilling
Josie’s Song
“You are the called and the chosen
No longer bound by your fear
Stand with y…
I did follow through with stepping out of character and realized I need to do things like that more often. It is still out of character for me to jump into messes that I don’t make myself, that can be dangerous to my furniture and that can quickly beco…
Some days it’s almost like you can smell the goodness of God. There is a freshness to life and all that is going on, like the sweet smell of honeysuckle wafting in through the screen door. I love days like that. I love those moments where a stillness…
leaning on aron’s kneeI am responsible to make him someone able to support others (myself in my old age)I am responsible to make him someone who desires to support others.I am responsible to make myself someone he desires to supportLeaning on…
Do you see my new blogskin? It was a hard fought battle, but I finally got it.
Okay, so it wasn’t really a battle. It was just a long wait.
Kris and I went to the Opryland Hotel on Friday evening and stayed until Saturday around lunchtime. Our…
I grew up in a good home. I had great parents. The kind of parents you can look to for advice, encouragement and support. They satisfied the main requirements of good parents in my mind. They loved God in front of me, they loved each other in front o…
I’m leaving TODAY for India. Am I excited? That’s the question that I’ve fielded non-stop for the past couple of weeks. The answer isn’t what people want to hear. So I try to soften it, but I can’t lie, do the dance and just say what they want. I ju…