Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com In a few minutes it will no longer be November 16th. Today, like that Wednesday in 2011, was my younger daughter's birthday. Only then she was seven, and today she turned 18. My heart is full. Today we celebrated, we worked, and we celebrated some more. In the midst of… Continue reading Dusting Off the Memories
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What Prayer Can Be
Sunday evening at the end of Evening Prayer, a young man in our midst whom I respect and treasure very much offered to say the prayers for the night. He asked if there were any prayer concerns. Our Princess spoke up and looked over at me as if seeking approval for her request. She shared… Continue reading What Prayer Can Be
Snow in September
This afternoon I needed a nap. Badly. It was not going to happen, but I did take a moment and stretched out on the little couch in the living room. That was my mistake. Because instead of closing my eyes and really napping, I looked up at the ceiling. And the ceiling fan. WHAT. ON.… Continue reading Snow in September
A New Heart
Tonight, as I sit writing, my role model, hero, and friend Hugh Hollowell sits with his sweet wife, Renee, waiting for her heart transplant. She has been on the list for a while, and today they got the call. It was time. They are beautiful people. Hugh heads up Love Wins Ministries in North Carolina.… Continue reading A New Heart
fighting fire with fire
My hero and friend, Hugh Hollowell, shared this on his Facebook page yesterday. It troubles, motivates, moves me. And scares the mess out of me, to be perfectly honest. I'm still wrapping my brain and heart around it. But it's not going anywhere. It sits patiently, staring, unblinking waiting on me to get it. And… Continue reading fighting fire with fire
“Did You Have Bacon?”
Aub went out for lunch today. When she came back she mentioned a rash on her arm that had come up while she was gone. By the time she returned home, it was gone. She and Cooter were sitting at the counter while I was loading the dishwasher. We started trying to come up with… Continue reading “Did You Have Bacon?”
Making Room for What Is Coming
So it's Lent. A season which is confusing at best. For me, anyway. My first exposure to Lent and the longest lasting impression of the season for me is one of giving something up. That was in college when I had a friend who was Catholic. So we all gave up something. (Ummm, in most… Continue reading Making Room for What Is Coming
Watching and Waiting
My little guy Cooter has been under the weather for a few days. He started off complaining of a sore throat and then the sniffles hit. It all came to a head (his head) yesterday with coughing and sneezing that had us all running to get out of the spray zone. Ahem. He is a… Continue reading Watching and Waiting
The Next Couple of Days
And so it's time for the pages on the calendar that carry me away to a paradoxical place for a couple of days. The days that are so full of emotion and good and hard things that it's difficult to reconcile them all together in my one heart and mind. February 10, 2007 My baby,… Continue reading The Next Couple of Days
Thursday’s Gonna Come
Two days of thought-provoking, soul-searching conversations filled with laughter and tears and wishing that "what is" could be better and dreaming of how we can make it so..... and returning with a jolt to the real world of laundry and dishwashers with broken baskets and worrying over food allergies all over again and struggling to… Continue reading Thursday’s Gonna Come
I Might Need A Nap 