Tag Archives: Faith

Now, it wasn't rocket science figuring that a kid might be sad when half his village was about to float away; call me discerning. It's just that all the other kids seemed to be managing, as if floodin...

It's that time again. Lunches are packed, carpools have begun and it's the beginning of the year where we mark that next step of growth in our child's life. (Some of us have a marked up wall in our ho...

To those of you who grew up in a kind, Christian home, you are truly blessed.  What a gift your parents gave to you (it’s a gift I tried to give to my children).  To those of us who di...

Last night I texted all 7 of my kids.  Oh ya, I’m pretty high tech.  I don’t know why but I had come to a blank when trying to think up something to post about!Now if you know me...

My daughter and I had a fun talk about being introverts yesterday. If you've been thinking introverts are shy, boring, and unsocial, I'm sorry to tell you that is innacurate. We are very social and pr...

I’m going through a bit of an emotional crisis so I’m hoping to pour a few things out to you.  It’s okay to do that now, isn’t it?  We’ve known each other awhil...

By all accounts, I was a very serious child.  I viewed the world with a glass-half-empty mentality and some of my teachers were even worried because I took things so much to heart that I wasn&rsq...

When my son was eighteen, he worked at a job that required heavy lifting.  He arrived home one night complaining of chest pain and shortness of breath.  His face was ashen and I could tell t...

I grew up in a family that didn’t attend church.  My mom had every good excuses as to why we didn’t go.  Scraping to make ends meet, we didn’t have money for Sunday clothes...

It's been one of 'those seasons' around my house and I hope we've become good enough friends now that I can share this and be raw and real, and not have you think I'm a frazzled mother all of the time...