Because We Carry One Another’s Story
Laughter erupts as we grab nametags, bearing pictures you wish they had burned years ago, and we ask, “Now, who are you? Oh, yeah, I remember you!” And, like a gently flowing river the stories begin to trickle back. Gathering together on porches overlooking...
Stepping Up Tuesday~Talking about Stepfamily. Are you worth your salt?
Doc hangs up his phone with a huge smile on his face, and announces that our youngest, (his son, my stepson) is coming home for the weekend. And I already know a little about what the weekend will look like. I pull out the brownie mix, because that is what I...
God Is In The Business
Beach, Bathing Suits and Bubble Wrap
Summer has arrived, stretching out her arms, and welcoming the weary schoolteacher, students and moms to take of her lemony libation and rest on chase lounge chair wearing oversized sun hats. Where paint, beads and clay clutter the kitchen table, and where art...
Stepping up Tuesday! Talking About Stepfamily!
One of the more painful aspects of being a stepmother, is knowing that no matter how well you do your job, you are never really the mother. They have a mother that they love, and though they care for me and love me, I am more like an aunt in our relationship. ...
Because Sometimes We See the Darkness
Many years ago, a friend of mine owned and played in a band. I was married with children and in my early twenties at the time. We called, Al, to see where he was playing that weekend so that we could come and listen – we needed a grown up night out. “I don’t...
Stepping Up Tuesday! A Talk about Stepfamily
Directionally challenged, that is how I have been feeling lately. Questions plague me about writing, about continuing the blog. Questions about whether I have anything to really say, and wondering if my words are even relevant. Wondering where the Lord wants me to...
How to Achieve the Dream
Isn’t it funny how quickly our dreams can become derailed? One unkind word, one slap of a razor-tongue person, or an ill-executed trial run and we are ready to surrender. Why is it so easy to believe the worst in ourselves, long before we believe anything good...
Because We Carry to be Carried
“I want to hold you!” is the two year-old’s announcement, indicating that she wants me to pick her up and carry her. And carry her, I do – in my arms to the store and in the yard, in my heart when we are apart, and in my prayers each day – I carry her. It is...
The Exit is Part of the Arrival
The sun is setting, the blue heron is fishing on the pond, and the fragrance of Jasmine fills the evening air. I love where we live. It is part country but not too far from the grocery store. It is times like this that I sometimes contemplate life and the...
Lessons in Leaning
This thing called Motherhood, I don't know if I will ever have it figured out completely. Birth children, step children, grandchildren, His children, my children all muddled up trying to get through this life the best we know how. When...
The Rain Dancer
Five Minute Friday – Here is a Short Fictitious short story, In Five Minutes! She kicks water across the shallow puddle of water - Her feet bare are glossy, and the hem of her dress is damp from rain. Twirling, she leans her head back and welcomes...
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