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Autumn Fires
“There is a harmony In autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which through the summer is not heard or seen, As if it could not be, as if it had not been!” – Percy Bysshe Shelley (My greeting each eve as I gaze out my kitchen window)
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One Unbroken Gaze
Desperation. Frenzy. Anxiety. Melancholy. Darkness. These are words that describe me these past weeks since my surgery. Even in the joyous news that all my pathology came back clear, there is an unsettled gloom that hangs. I know a large part of it is just the path of recovering, and crazy medications, and new medications…
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Everything… Including Wal-Mart
In our home, HATE is a four-letter-word. And any of you who know me well know how I feel about crude language and four-letter-words. I HATE them. (Yes, I realize I just used the word hate again.) And apparently I’ve taught my children it is okay to use the word “hate”. You know why? Because…
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Another Danica Update
Are y’all ready for this? Danica is HOME. Well, she’s home from the hospital, but not in her home. Nine days after surgery and she was discharged. God is working healing in her little body, and she is doing fairly well. But even in this, there is hardship. Because of the architecture of their home…
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Encouragement for Moms
“Ministry means being “all there.” It means rejoicing that you get to show your children how to peddle a tricycle, make their bed, build good memories, and share their toys with others. You serve your family, and ultimately your heavenly Father, by helping your child do that puzzle for the seventeenth time, by washing those…