Last week we got to see our baby again! I was 21 weeks along, so they took all the baby’s measurements. The technician assured me once again that he’s a boy! We are still just so excited about that! All of his measurements were exactly right on target, and so far he looks completely healthy–yea!… [continue reading]
The Hardest Year of My Life Part 10
Click here to start at the beginning. About three weeks after the onset of my Bell’s Palsy I woke up one morning and looked in the mirror, as I had done each morning, in hopes that I could move my face again. On this morning it seemed like maybe I had just a little more… [continue reading]
The Worst Mom Ever
“Girls! Get your shoes on!” I yelled as I got little Jason ready to go. I could still hear all three girls playing. “Girls! It’s time to go. Get your shoes on right now!” I wasn’t that far away from them. I knew they heard me, but none of them had made any attempt to… [continue reading]
My Adventures as a Cleaning Woman Part 3
If you’d like to start at the beginning of the story click here. The last incident of interest that I remember happened one day as I was cleaning the shower. These people had a huge, elegant master bath with a separate shower and Jacuzzi tub. I would clean the walls and then on hands and… [continue reading]
Out of the Mouths of Babes…
A Child’s Thought About God Sometimes the things my kids say make me laugh. Other times I am just amazed at the profoundness of their words. Joy, age six, was quietly sitting at the table doing her school work when she said, “Mom, God doesn’t catch us with a net; He catches us with His… [continue reading]
A Funny Dream and A Life Lesson
I dreamed last night that one of the mothers at the Classical Conversations Community, where I tutor, was very upset because I was talking to the crayons. (Stranger things have happened . . . right?) She thought it was evil that the crayons talked back and was complaining about me. In my dream I told her… [continue reading]
My Children Have Changed My Life
When I was expecting my 1st child people would say, “Your life is really going to change.” Having been married for four years, I thought what they meant was my time and pursuits. I was ready and happy for those changes to occur. Little did I know however how God would use my children to… [continue reading]
Newlywed Cooking Lessons
When we were first married, I set out to be the perfect wife. Only my new husband’s definition of the perfect wife and mine were immensely different. So for several months, okay years, I labored on my own mission and he set out to tell me how he wanted me to be. Fun, fun, fun!… [continue reading]
Hope for Parents
I showed up to church a few weeks ago not a little proud in my new dress. If I’ve only worn it twice before, it’s a new dress – so what that it’s eight years old. After three more kids the important thing is that it fits me…again, but this is all beside the point…. [continue reading]
My Purpose
I was beginning to think I was a pretty good person so God sent me a husband. Then I thought all my problems were basically his fault so God sent me four blessings. Now I see my sinful heart revealed to me more and more each day. May I take this gift God has given… [continue reading]