Dear Mom, So I bet this is your first ever “blog” Mother’s Day card. I thought it fitting since you are one of the greatest supporters of my desire to write and share my heart and faith with others. So I realize it’s a bit public, but oh well, so is a billboard! The last… Continue reading Happy Day
Category: Family
I do
I remember being single and really struggling with the idea of marrying someone and giving up my freedom to follow God wherever and however God would call me. I didn’t like the idea of giving up the “I†for the “We†because I felt like I would be held back somehow—no longer able to pack… Continue reading I do
my burden is light
I love my baby. I love holding her, playing with her, talking to her, bathing her. I am one of those moms who simply cannot get enough of her little one. With that said, when someone asks to hold her and I pass her into the arms of another, there is that moment where I… Continue reading my burden is light
the sacrifice of praise
“Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them to your foreheads.†Deuteronomy 11:18 I went into H and R Block last night with much fear and trembling. We had a lot of anxiety about our taxes and our prognosis was not good. After… Continue reading the sacrifice of praise
paradise found
Yesterday we drove out to Joshua Tree National Park. The traffic on the 10 on the way out was slow going, so by the time we got there we had only a short time to actually enjoy the park. But it was worth every second of traffic endured! It is absolutely amazing there. We drove… Continue reading paradise found
How do you do it?
I had an interesting conversation the other night about boundaries—in relationships and in life in general. I am pretty sure that I am not a person that has a very mature understanding of what it means to operate with a lot of boundaries with people. Today my husband had taken a day off from his… Continue reading How do you do it?