My family has holiday fever. No, our Christmas tree isn’t up. We haven’t shopped til we dropped or sipped eggnog by the fire. (Who does drink eggnog?) My husband hasn’t hung the first outdoor string of lights and the dust is still on the storage bins of decorations in the…
My directional instinct is unlike my husband’s in every way. He can find his way anywhere. He will be the first to tell you that I struggle with knowing where I am if I don’t have something tangible to guide me. Particularly when driving at night. We wrote our own…
Yesterday I drove my children outside of our suburb into the country. I declared, “Well, guys, we’re on a country road today.” My oldest son’s face broke into a smile that I could see in the rear view mirror and he cheekily said, “You’re a country mom.” He quickly went…
Recently a dear older gentleman in my church orchestra has been diagnosed with cancer. This man is one of the most giving, kind gentlemen you would ever meet. Soft-spoken and unassuming, he has a passion for sleight of hand magic tricks and a beautiful violin touch. He voluntarily organizes orchestra…
It’s November and marigolds are still blooming on my front porch! This is unheard of in Ohio. While the weather has been unseasonably warm up to this point, the fall will soon be ending. Back to the marigolds though, here are the few straggling ones still standing at this point….
When I think about all that “hats” God has given me to wear over the last fifteen years or so, I am astonished at how varied the opportunities have been. I’m a wife, mother and piano teacher currently. I play in the church orchestra and do volunteer work for the…
Whoever came up with the line, “Choose your battles”? Yeah, I know what it means. You can’t fight everything, and some things are not worth it. Don’t try to fight everything that happens or everyone who wants to pick a fight. With children, we politely dictate that phrase, realizing that…
You’ve seen the sign. Restaurants hang it to indicate a remodeling; retail stores section off their construction work and post it there.”Pardon our dust.” I admit it; I used to be a total clean freak. Thirteen years ago, when I had one child, my house had to be virtually perfect….
Since our sweet baby Tarah has been born, our other children have fought, and I do mean fought, over who gets to sit next to her in the van. Why this means so much to them or why the victory in this battle seems to be so sweet, I don’t…
An ongoing plumbing saga has emerged at the Wojnarowski house. This past Saturday we discovered a water stain in our kitchen ceiling. Not a good thing! Since we couldn’t find any water on the bathroom floor above the kitchen, this was puzzling and I thought we must have burst a…
Today I’ve been reviewing in preparation for Bible Study tomorrow. In case you missed it, we’re currently in Priscilla Shirer’s Jonah study and it is just so stinkin’ good. My favorite part of the lesson this week has been looking at various Bible characters to whom God gave a…
The gold refining process is more than amazing; but one of my favorite aspects is how the black sludge comes to the top. So the average viewer might think there was nothing of value in the refiner’s pot, but the truth is that the pure gold is on the bottom,…
