
“Why would anyone want to do that?” “What do they actually DO?” “Why would they go so far away from home?” “How long will they be gone?” The questions are endless, and…
“Why would anyone want to do that?” “What do they actually DO?” “Why would they go so far away from home?” “How long will they be gone?” The questions are endless, and…
There. I said it. Although it’s true that I wasn’t the kind of girl who grew up dreaming of being the wife of a pastor, I know that it’s even more true […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
True, artificial flowers could never compare to the real thing, but somehow when I am creating these, I feel “the mystery, the excitement, the awe of a flower”! I first fell in […]
“Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” […]
Wow. The preacher steps on your toes and doesn’t even apologize… He doesn’t need to, really–it’s not his fault that the Truth comes, walks straight down that aisle… right into the pew. […]
Sounds like a tall task to me. If you had seen the tree-climbing, roof-jumping, I-can-do-anything-a-boy-can-do, tomboy that used any excuse to get out of doing the dishes, you would never have believed […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Unashamedly, I am that Mom. The one that has never looked forward to school starting again. My youngest of four is starting his third […]
“Look! There’s a real farm, just like on T.V.!!” I chuckled at the seriousness of this young man, but was amazed that it was coming from a sincere fourth grader. Wow! I know […]
It’s always a sad day when you see violence and civil unrest, and when it hits close to home I am reminded that there are those that don’t live in a free […]
I have a confession to make. Scripture is my greatest inspiration, but when it comes to Do-it-yourself (DIY) ideas, I pretty much steal them all from Pinterest. (You can find all of […]