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Parenting Techniques
Monday night my parents and I were having supper with the kids. Asher spends most of suppertime talking incessantly and often it’s mindless jabbering, but most nights I work hard at staying focused and talking with him. Not that night. I felt poorly from my last chemo treatment, and our supper was Italian. Need I…
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Flea Bites
Corrie ten Boom tells the story of her life in Ravensbruck, a Nazi concentration camp, during World War II. At one point, she and her sister, Betsie, were moved into new barracks into conditions that nauseate me to even think about. When they were assigned their bunks, they found the pallets not only filled with…
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Some Sort of Routine…
We recently passed the mid-point for Angie’s chemotherapy so it seems a good time for an update. I know it’s been a while, sorry ’bout that! Last Thursday (not Thanksgiving, the one before that…) was her 4th session, by far the worst to date. She was so wiped out last weekend that she couldn’t manage…
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Real Beauty
In a recent email, my friend, Monica, wrote, “The messages for our daughters and sons about what the world considers beautiful are everywhere… If we aren’t talking with them about what God thinks how else will they really know the truth?” I see the images everywhere, beautiful women and men with perfect forms and flawless…
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Hats!
So my friend, Kristin, signed me up for this place called heavenlyhats.com. It’s a non-profit organization that provides hats to cancer patients. One day I got this big package in the mail with 5 hats of all different colors and styles in it. My kids’ favorite is the pink fuzzy one that Asher thinks makes…
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A Spring of Joy 