Life Lessons From My Dad
Raised on a dairy farm, and the only boy in a family of six, hard work was no stranger to my Dad. He rose early, milked cows, rode the tractor for hours on end and filled his days with the never [Read more...]
Grace or Grouch: How Will You React When Your Plans Fall Apart? (House Reno #1)
(I will begin a weekly series with photos of our purchase of this foreclosure and the months of remodel that followed.) What was I thinking? It wasn’t the plan, I guess we really didn’t have a [Read more...]
When I Forget That One Essential Fact: I Am Forgiven
Forgive me Did I forget to say it Lord? Did I forget yesterday and the day before and maybe the one before that? Did I get so carried away with my requests that I forgot a most important [Read more...]
Being Thankful When It’s One of Those Weeks: Husband of the Year Award
To say I was excited was an understatement! It had been a long day directing a TV commercial for the furniture store I stage, but I finished early. Time to pick up The Preacher and my son for the [Read more...]
Buying into the Lie: Waiting…for my “Good” Living to be Rewarded
For years I lived my life based on a lie. I don’t recall anyone saying these particular words. I’m not sure that anyone intended me to sum the complex equation of my life’s path into two [Read more...]
Being a Mother is Wonderful and Terrible and Joyous and Hard
Tiny And needy And vulnerable, And you are swollen with love and awe at the precious creature you were entrusted with. Fearful that they might break, you read and research every decision [Read more...]
God is not Your Fairy Godmother
“Sometimes God allows your house to burn down so you can better see the trees.” Jonathan Merritt She would never have allowed it. She was all light and glitter and sparkles and pizazz! Magic and [Read more...]
How to Cope When Life Interrupts Your Happy Dance
The atmosphere is threaded with tense excitement, Chatter bounces and vibrates, My heart races. And then as the shaggy buffalo mascot beats the center court drum to amp up the crowd [Read more...]
When Life is Confusing: Look for Laughter
The Greek wedding movie was cute, but the time with girlfriends was better. There is something about going to a silly movie with friends and relaxing and laughing--not stilted, self conscious [Read more...]
The Sometimes Not so Easy Road to Remembering to be Thankful
I don't feel very thankful some days. In fact, sometimes when my guard is down and I listen to the little whisper, “This is bad, you need to do something, say something, fix something…" I feel a [Read more...]