A soul that walks on water leaves no footprints, but will make waves."
As Ivan fumbled with his shirt buttons I struggled as usual to keep from relieving him of his task and shortening my “get ready” time by the “do it myself” principle. I restrained myself and became more content to watch as I considered his progress and…
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…
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…
Woke up to rumbles outside and rolled over to sleep a little longer.
Woke up again to rumbles inside and went upstairs to referee the fight.
Poured “Saturday cereal” (the only day they are allowed to eat sugary cereal) for the boys and then made my…
A young man named Arthur McFhenWeaved a tale and a vision in penWhen his wife deigned to lookShe said, “This is no book!”So he took to accounting againSchool is almost over for the year. Owen is excited about summer break and things are movi…
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…
Our weekend retreat went beautifully. We started with 8 ladies on Friday night and the group settled down to 7 by Saturday morning. One of the girls couldn’t stay overnight due to obligations on Saturday. Another girl lives two minutes down the road i…
Have you heard of dear Annabelle Flynn,
And the beautiful yarns she can spin?
It’s not on a spindle,
No indeed, it’s the Kindle,
Where her tales are quite short, but not thin.