Zoe is a prayer warrior. And frankly, she absolutely schools the rest of us. For about three years, the motor on the power door in our van was burned out. When the girls were younger, they thought it fun to engage the door and then watch it jerk back in the other direction when they […]
Yep, this about covers it:
Sometimes the ironies of my life amuse me. Every day after school, before I’ll let Adam get in the van, he has to have a short conversation with me–an appropriate greeting and the answer to at least one question. Adam is usually anxious to get in, having left his favorite treasures—George, his calculator, his mp3 […]
Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered. It keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, […]
Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. ~Galatians 6:9 Sometimes I feel so weary. These are the days when I feel the truth of my inadequacy, and also the best days for acknowledging the reality of God’s tremendous […]
Zoe and two of her best friends have started their own book club. Saturday afternoon, the Bookmarks held their first meeting to discuss Barbara Robinson’s The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Having dreamed up this brilliant idea, my friends and I orchestrated things so that for Christmas gifts this year, the girls gave each other a […]
1. Give your dragon your full attention at least once a day. Dragons get bigger when they are ignored. 2. Really get to know your dragon. Give it a name. What sort of dragon is it? Look at it hard, then draw a picture of it. 3. If you make your dragon laugh, it might […]
Adam’s voice is the best sound in my day. This week, I had the longest sustained conversation I’ve ever had with my son in the (nearly) nine years of his life. And it was about supper. Early in the morning, I thawed some chicken and mixed up the ingredients for some aptly named “chicken delicious.” […]
ac·knowl·edg·ment [ak-nol-ij-muhnt] –noun 1.an act of acknowledging. 2.recognition of the existence or truth of something 3.an expression of appreciation. 4.a thing done or given in appreciation or gratitude. As a writer, I love those lists at the beginning of books, wherein the author mentions all the people who have contributed something to their finished work. […]
At the end of a magical Christmas, it snowed. While we slept, the snow softly blanket the lawn, the house, the roads, our cars. We woke to pristine, glistening, breathtaking beauty all around us. I’ve always loved that verse in Isaiah 1, “‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the LORD. ‘Though your sins […]
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