I’m guessing that I got it from my sweet mother… she’s an avid reader and the champion Scrabble player in our family, and now we’re addicted to Words with Friends. She’s retired now, […]
My Love for Words
Change Your Stinking Thinking and Embrace the Cold–Scripture Challenge: Psalms
OR NOT…! I am definitely a warm weather person, and would rather head to the beach than the slopes any day. I DO love the four seasons here in Illinois, but am […]
When You Feel Alone in Your Marriage
I’ve never lived alone. When my husband and I married in 1982, he had just graduated from college and I was still living with my parents. After a few days of honeymooning […]
Sixteen Years Ago Today
I have to be honest. I don’t remember most of my birthdays. I’ve never been a fan of too much attention, so I like to keep it simple. A nice meal (that […]
A Farmhouse Christmas
I have never guest hosted before, but it is a privilege to share with my readers No Ordinary Baby, written by my sister-in-law, Jeanne Munton. We celebrated the Munton Christmas at their […]
Merry Christmas, Mary
I LOVE how the old, old story never gets old. How every time I look at it, my perception changes. It changes how I see God and how I see myself. Mary, […]
Why Give?
It’s the season of giving. We give to those we love and to those in need. Some of us give to those we don’t even know. We give because God gave first.
Madagascar Morning
I awoke to the morning sounds of roosters crowing and birds singing. An open window with screens lets the breeze in and keeps the mosquitos out. It’s very different to wake up […]
When A Porcelain Throne Becomes A Throne of Grace
It’s a good thing I don’t believe in coincidence or I might choose more carefully how I write. My last post was a clear message of faith over fear. Choosing to NOT […]
Winning the “What if?” Battle
So much of worry starts in a battle of the mind. Our thoughts consume us to the point that we start wondering if what could happen, probably is going to happen–and that’s […]
Keep Calm and Read a Book: Ten Books That Have Impacted My Life
I was nominated by a sweet friend on Facebook to name ten books that have stuck with me over the years, but decided it was easier to blog about it rather than […]
Love Lifted Me
It happens often. A song gets stuck in my head and I go to bed hearing it, wake up in the middle of the night hearing it, and think of it first thing in […]
Sometimes A Girl’s Gotta Cry
Sometimes… A girl’s just gotta cry. Sometimes it is joy, sometimes it’s grief. Sometimes it’s both–at exactly the same moment. The wonderful and the painful joined together in such raw emotion […]
4 Truths About Prayer from a Four-Year- Old
There’s not a soul on this earth that has taught me more about prayer than my children and grandchildren. The honest prayers of my precious little ones have moved me to tears […]
Feeling Like Job/Scripture Challenge: Job
No one names their baby Job. Parents would never want to give their child a start in life that says, “I know this name brings to mind someone not so pleasant, but…I’m […]
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