Have you ever found yourself firmly on a path you never intended to travel, heading in an exciting direction, but curiously retracing your steps back to the starting line? The past couple years have left me in awe, watching God blaze a winding trail as I followed reluctantly behind. A trail that has led me…
A few weeks ago, I had a blog post just about finished when I realized something important. It stunk. Okay maybe that’s a bit harsh, but I really wasn’t feeling it. I tried to tie my thoughts together and make it work, but I was unsuccessful. It was too late to start from scratch for…
She yanked the covers over her head and let out a grumble of sincere annoyance. Our daughter’s calendar was flipped to day one of the dreaded week. And she asked me (again!) exactly why she had to spend four days of summer at … gasp… Public Speaking Camp! From our angle, my husband and I saw a valuable opportunity….
I was standing in the laundry room minding my own business when my younger son came barreling in at full speed. He wrapped his arms around me and yelled at the top of his lungs, “I’m on base!” His brother was chasing after him, ready to deliver some sibling affection, and the words stopped him dead in…
I looked around at all of the faces in the radiology waiting room and wondered. What are their stories? What kind of halt to life are some of them facing? I said a quiet prayer and waited for my name to be called. This recent check-up marked 17 years since my cancer diagnosis. A giant…
His eyes were wide with disbelief as I climbed into bed to snuggle him. At two years old, he didn’t foresee this wonderful benefit of his new “big boy bed.” I knew he would ask for a hug as soon as I laid down, and I waited for his perfect, priceless words, “Buckle me up Mommy, buckle…
At our house, we’ve been having a little March Madness of our own. Team Mom and Jack vs. Team Dad and Charlie. There’s nothing quite like a friendly game of basketball among family. And by “friendly” I mean absolutely no mercy! Elbows flying. Sweat dripping. Aggressive fouling between grown-ups. Fist bumps, cheers and grumbles. And it was…
Say “cheese”! When my blog was in its early prep stage, I sent a couple of headshot options to my brother Mark and asked him to weigh in on his favorite. With his response, he sent my fourth grade school photo. “But I also like this one,” he texted. He’s a riot. An important detail…
One mason jar. A small figurine. Glitter. Glycerin. Water. Glue. Pretty simple supply list for a snow globe craft I was planning for a small group of kids. What the directions did not mention was the full scale search of every craft store, toy store, dollar store, Walmart, and Target within a 15 mile radius…
The baby was quite done with the grocery store outing and he was making his discontent known. I picked up the pace as I pushed my toddler and pre-schooler in the massive cart. You know the one- it looks like a car (except thankfully with two steering wheels), and it moves through the aisles with the…