Tomorrow, my husband and I will celebrate 17 years of marriage. I thought about what that time has meant to me, and my mind went back to a post I entered two years ago about this time. I’m still succeeding in places, still falling short in places, still learning, as I shared here, but most of all, […]
Tea Parties, Deadlines, and a Small, Small Portion of Steeler Nation: Our World this Week(end)
For the last several days, my mind fought to take a vacation—when my body least needed to be on break. I’ve had a number of deadlines to meet, but I must have really been tired because it seemed as if I struggled to get much done in the last few days, particularly if it required […]
All Good, All God: Our World This Week
If I were more diligent at posting these "everyday" kind of posts, I could probably have far more impact with these. Pray for me. I can’t believe it’s Saturday already! We’ve had an unbelievable week, and I thought I’d share it: Sunday: the service was awesome. Our pastor, like perhaps many others, has been preaching […]
To Feed the Mind and Nourish the Soul
The superhero wound up reading the conclusion of A Tale of Despereaux with the younger two, and I’m not quite sure how it ended. They both seemed a bit underwhelmed—hmmm. They’ve picked up through Mom’s intentional role modeling to see a movie only after they’ve read the book. Though this wasn’t one of my favorites, […]
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention, as a continuation of my last two posts, that God allows trials out of His great love for us. We do not serve a great punisher who seeks to crucify us for everything we’ve done wrong. Instead, we serve an all-knowing Creator who sees, better than we […]