We have a winner!!! Summer Sisney Dayspring has graciously allowed our family to review their recordable storybook series and WOW! They are so beautiful!  Bedtime Prayers and Promises is just precious.   With very easy instructions to record and re-record, this book has a Bible promise on each page and a…
Along life’s pathway there are those you encounter who inspire and encourage in a unique manner. Meet Mary DeMuth: one of THOSE people. She’s a Jesus lover, wife, mother, and published author twelve times over. Â She blogs at Live Uncaged and speaks on various topics, including Christ’s transforming power, Christian…
By now most of the nation is aware of the tragedy in Zanesville, OH, where 56 wild animals were freed from their habitats by their owner prior to shooting himself.  The animals included 18 rare Bengal tigers, monkeys, lions, and bears, as well as  others.  The photos of the  49 gorgeous…
Over the weekend, I was asked a question. Bold and blunt. (You know, some people the Lord gently reminds to keep their opinions to themselves and then there are those I believe He has to scream in their ear : Keep your trap shut! Â I verge on that sort of…
Last Friday my fourth grader, Michael, sure made his parents proud. Â His public school teacher called to let me know that Michael raised his hand during class because he did not think he should be listening to a particular story, Tuck Everlasting. While many Christians consider this fantasy story to…
It’s Monday. Â The day after the weekend. Wait, you knew that, didn’t you? My typical cleaning day. Love to sit down at the end of the day and breath that sigh of relief that says “I did it. This house is as clean as it gets.” But today I…
Just now this sweet baby was sitting so nicely in her exersaucer. Sweet. Precious. Those big blue eyes that even tough men can’t resist. Not that Daddy is a tough guy.  Well, he is…but. Ok, backed myself into the corner. Anyhoo, sweet baby T was sitting there so irresistibly that I…
Some days take on a shape all their own. You schedule, prioritize, strategize, and synchronize. In spite of your best efforts, the result: foiled again. Yesterday turned out to have its own shape. I think I’ll call it: polysquarecircaparallelogrammaticrhombus. It had a least five sides, four at times. Occasionally they…
I hate to admit it. I despise weakness. But the truth is: the weather affects me. Friday was a dreary, gray, rainy day. Â And my first thoughts this morning: Again? This stinks. As I started helping my 2 yr. old Tarah get dressed though, she flopped down on the carpet…
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…
