Drawn from the archives… On a day when we need a little 1 Thess. 5:11 to fill these walls. “Therefore encourage one another and build one another up…” I want a kid named Barnabas. You know… That son of encouragement. (Acts 4:36) But first I have to change my own name. And listen when I [Read More...]
We’ve had a Lysol Spring. Flu. Ear infections. Bronchitis. Eye infections. And even-after-the-vaccination-Chicken-Pox. Today I’m sharing over at The Better Mom about what God is teaching me about redeeming the days of family sickness. I’d love to have you join me over there… Sharing with two of my special online kindred– Ruth and Rachel. [Read More...]
This card came in the mail yesterday. From Selah’s doctor up at the Children’s Hospital. She remembers every year. Just one word– Selah, To pause and value. And I went walking with some friends this morning and one said– “It’s not that you miss the person less… It’s that around you, life fills (with [Read More...]
Yesterday our Colson turned 11. And for some reason that seems a lot older to me than 10 did. Each year I try to write a birthday post for each kiddo because I don’t scrapbook much (I “do” the box-in-a-closet-method). And these posts have become a way of recording memories. Also because… Sometimes it’s important [Read More...]
Things have been pretty heavy around here lately. And taxes are due NEXT MONDAY!!! So in honor of filing our 2012 taxes, just wanted to share this one with you… Dear I.R.S. Lady, 2:59 pm–I am already late to pick up our big kids, but still stop to get the mail. Bad choice. [Read More...]
I’ll never forget the church I considered my church when I was growing up. Fallbrook First Baptist Church, in Fallbrook, California… land of the avocado groves. We went to several churches over the first 18 years of my life, but it’s the one where my memories and faith were solidified. It’s the church where I [Read More...]
Just stopping in for a quick hello… It’s a been a strange last 30 days. Since Valentine’s Day– One virus-bug-infection-something-yuck after another and a few weeks ago I completely lost my voice. And it felt like I lost my voice too. My writing voice. Just nothing. I’m the kind of person who would rather go [Read More...]
Why I Want His Kind of Love… There’s romance, affection. Desire and obsession. Passion, infatuation. Delight with flirtation. There’s love grown at distance, And love that takes courage. There’s love born from friendship, And love that leaves baggage. Love slowly budding, And love out of season. But real love is His love– [Read More...]
As of today when I’m writing this… I don’t think I’ve really seen another adult besides my husband since Monday. We’ve been battling a fever-flu-bug-yuck-virus that has cycled its way through our family. Today is Day #10. On Monday night, our youngest came down with a really high fever, was throwing up, seemed absolutely [Read More...]
Today will be a day of Lysol wipes. Seventy-five-percent of our crew is down with something… Ranging from persistent annoying coughs, to high fevers, to vomit. And I’m still feeling a little queasy myself. And this sickness-relay started last Wednesday. It was a good morning to reread Edith Schaeffer’s– “A Shelter in the Time of [Read More...]
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