30 Days to a Better Stepfamily – Day 2
They are all grown and out of the house now. Empty nesters are Doc and I, but it has not been long ago that I was a full-time mother and stepmother. Keeping the roads hot running to gymnastics, boy scouts, ball practice, emergency room visits. Oh, so many emergency...
30 Days to a Better Stepfamily –Day 1
Step families. What a complicated group of folks that can be. For the next 30 days, I want to write to you about our Stepfamily. I will tell you ahead of time that the stories are not always pretty, and my theology is not coming from one who is a scholar in such...
We Give You Thanks
Out of Chaos
It is hours before Thanksgiving. Cakes and cars are piling up on counters and down the driveway. And I’m wondering if I’m keeping joy in all things, or just killing the to-do list. Tripping over Dr. Seuss and dolls with no hair, and clothes and suitcases that need to...
Weekends Are For Seeking
Linking with Sandra and Deidra
Working on 30 Days to a Better Stepfamily
Hello my friends! How are you doing? I've missed talking with you lately, and I know it is because I have not been available as much. You are in my prayers each time I open WordPress, in thankful praise for you coming over to have your coffee in the mornings with me...
Because we are the Parchment
One year, that is how long it has been since I began this adventure of blogging. One year of learning social media, one year of meeting new and amazing women like Susan, one year of praying for the family and safety of whose blog owners I now call friends. Spending...
Feather On the Breath of God
May my life, Oh Lord, be a feather on your breath, that you may blow me in any direction, and I will go. I will go without resistance, silently and with joy to any place you send. Allow me to land without much notice into the path of others for them to discover, not...
Saved by the Blood – A True Story.
Nathan pushed Nonna into the ditch. Within moments, she heard Nathan's mother scream his name, then Nathan's small, lifeless body fell on top of Nonna, still holding the bread she had given him earlier. Covered in mud and Nathan's blood, Nonna held very still, too...
My Allume Highlights
I'm home from Harrisburg, Pa and the Allume conference. I had the time of my life! So many of you have been asking for highlights from the conference. Here are the pictures that developed well and some quotes that were made by the various, and amazing speakers....
Listening to the Rain
Raindrops gently tapped on the windshield of my car. The sweet fragrance of pine trees filled the air long before the first drops fell. I turned off the audio book and enjoyed the sound of the incoming rain. Events of the past couple of days quietly began tiptoeing...
Like Seeds in Soil
Walking closer to the window, I watch leaves, gold and orange, silently drop down, covering the ground like a mother coving her child from the chill of night. Sap in trees begins to relax and settle into the ground as the leaves bed it down for a wintery sleep....
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