Though I consider myself a morning person, I don’t “spring forward” easily. Sunday morning came early, and I fantasized taking the head off of one of the kids in our Sunday School class. I was perhaps even more tired than he was, and when he voiced his displeasure about having to sit through another […]
Closing the Gap (The Final Lesson of I Am…So You Don’t Have to Be)
I think one of the reasons I’ve postponed this final lesson was because I have honestly enjoyed this study enough until I hated to see it end. When I joined the study, I misread how long it took and thought, “What could anyone talk about for that length of time?” Now I’m finding myself a […]
A Prayer for our Children.
This family held their daughter’s funeral on today. Oh, my sisters and brothers, we do not have long, and we have to get serious about the things that God is serious about. I didn’t spend as much time with polishing; I simply wanted to write my heart. Would you join me in prayer? Father, even in […]
Turning Back Toward Him
We’ve had a number of “family firsts” recently. Our son is dancing competitively this year with a team at our local dance studio. This past weekend he participated in his first competition, and the team won a first place trophy with their ballet performance and a gold medal for their jazz performance. He was so […]
The Excellent Blog Award
Andijeane was kind enough to give me this award. Many, many thanks, Andrea. From her blog, here are the instructions: By accepting this Excellent Blog Award, you have to award it to at least 10 more people whose blogs you find Excellent Award worthy. Thank you out there for having such great blogs and being […]
Rewriting History
Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day, and, whatever you did, I hope you enjoyed it with the one you love most. With a husband out of town and an evening class to teach, it wasn’t the most romantic day for me, but I took chocolates to my students. My husband and I have laughed that with […]
A Bible, a math book and a library card
It is our business to…spend a part of our lives in increasing our knowledge of nature and art, of literature and man, of the past and present. This is one way in which we become greater persons, and the more a person is, the better he will do whatever piece of special work falls […]
The Update on Andrew
Several of you have been praying for friends of ours who are going through a real storm. I wrote to check in with her on her son’s new school, and this was the report from her: ‘We got off to a very BAD start. Of course, the typical bullying is still going on, but […]
The Do-Over (Lesson 15 of I Am…So You Don’t Have to Be)
"every circumstance that touches our lives has first been filtered through His fingers of love and is part of a great, eternal plan that He is working out in this world and in our lives" Nancy Leigh DeMoss, from Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free I’ve not read this book, […]
Tag #2
I was tagged by Kim to play. The game is called Scattergories. Use the first letter of your name and find words with that letter. The number of letters in your name determines how many people you can tag. What is your name? Belinda 4 letter word: bell Vehicle: Beetle (Volkswagon) City: Birmingham, AL Boy’s name: […]
Tagged by Tirzah
I was tagged by Tirzah at ‘Yearnin 4 Some Learnin‘. Here are the rules: (1) Link to the person that tagged you. (2) Post the rules on your blog. (3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. (4) Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. (5) Let each […]
Price Busters, Plaster of Paris, and Pointe Shoes–Our World this Week
Have you ever had a neat blog post written in your head, but when you sat down to type it out, you couldn’t remember one thing? I’m sure it’s because I don’t blog on a daily basis, but tend to carry “blog-worthy” information in my head. Well, I’ll start typing and see what comes up. […]