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. ...
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