A significant day. Not just “another” birthday. Number 15. When Taylor was given a diagnosis of MPSIIIB (mucopolysaccharidosis), with that diagnosis came a number to beat. The average life span is 10-15 years. Wikipedia labels it: Death by the second decade. So what do you do when your daughter has…
Life and pain are synonymous. Though full of joy, life is also pain and agony. Many times as Christians, we think or feel that we should be exempt from this topic. Kay Arthur approaches the hard questions in this book, “When the Hurt Runs Deep- Healing and Hope for Life’s Desperate…
Big fish. Whale. Jonah. We all know the story from childhood. But right now I’m in the second week of Priscilla Shirer‘s Bible study: Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted. Frankly, I think my entire adult life has been one series of interruptions after another. Many of you may feel the…
“I Still Believe” by Jeremy Camp begins with the author’s humble Indiana childhood and continues through his life to present day. This book will knock your socks off with its open view to the true picture of trusting God, even through grief and sorrow. The major focus of this book…
The List. Daunting. Growing. Evolving. Beautiful or ugly. But for me, necessary. I’ve lived most of my life focusing on a list of some sort. Usually multiple ones. Shopping. Grocery. Projects. Are you list driven? Perhaps your spouse is. And you despise it, as “the list” has a tendency to…
To say that I am honored to have been chosen as a blogger to review the Women of Faith Imagine event in Indianapolis is so much of an understatement. Almost from the moment that the opportunity arrived, I knew in my heart that God had a special weekend in store….
Today I feel like I’m losing my right arm. It’s Miss Mandy’s last day working for us to help care for our family. She is getting married in a few weeks. Here’s a re-post from last fall on what she means to us: For the last few weeks, each…
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One hot summer day ten years ago, following Sunday morning worship , my husband and I headed towards home. We had recently received the news that had provided the body and mind slam like the WWF has never before televised. Our hearts were distressed. We made the decision to trust…
Today’s Agenda: Place: Columbus Museum of Art Time: 1pm Activity: Family Adventure Time Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is a scavenger hunt through the museum designed for families with children of multiple ages. And I accepted the mission. After all, there are no current admission fees. When…
I’ve never had an AOL account. But Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in “You’ve Got Mail” sure made me wish that I did. They were just so…relevant in that movie. This afternoon my sweet second grader received a birthday party invitation. The old-fashioned way. By regular ol’ US mail. And…
The opportunity to write for (in)courage- Home for the Hearts of Women has been afforded to little ol’ me! Woot! So you can start reading this post here: While only one day of the summer is the longest day of the year, today certainly seemed longer. One of “those days”…
