Month: April 2010
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It’s From the Heart… or the Hair?
Me: Bella, it’s kind of chilly outside. Why don’t you wear pants to church? Bella: But, Moooommmmy, I want to wear a beautiful dwess, so I will be all beautiful. Me: Remember, love, it’s not about what we wear that makes us beautiful. It’s about our heart. Bella: I know. But I looooove my pwetty…
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Moonless Seas
“All along, let us remember, we are not asked to understand, but simply to obey… ‘And only Heaven is better than to walk with Christ at midnight, over moonless seas–‘ I couldn’t feel frightened then. Praise Him for the moonless seas– all the better the opportunity for proving Him to be indeed the El Shaddai,…
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Another Round Begins
This will be a pretty raw post, because that’s where I am, so consider yourself forewarned. Raw. Bloodied. Beaten. Wounded. Exhausted. Another round begins… more scans, more blood work, more appointments, more follow up and more surgery. It’s long and it’s complicated, and I am completely overwhelmed. I saw a specialist this week who is…
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Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ~G. K. Chesterton
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Wedding Plans?
Remember this little love story? Well, Mr. Austin is at it again. Apparently, while she was busy trying to write an email to me, Marni’s boy planned his future. And Bella’s. Austin: When I grow up, I’m going to drive my gray car to see Audrey. She gonna have a pink car. Den we race.…
A Spring of Joy 