My sweet baby girl, Tessa, is developing quite the opinion at her ripe age of 15 months. I love watching her learn. Her little eyes wide open to her world, taking it all in. Each night my husband and I say prayers with our children individually. Yes, it takes a…
Today I am privileged to post at RooMag, Candace Cameron Bure’s emagazine. Pretty cool, isn’t it? Here is an excerpt to get your mind muscles moving. Would love it if you’d click on the link and finish reading over there: “Celebrating the gift of life takes forethought and planning. Baby showers……
I made it to the time of day when little ones rest. The feeling is like one of crossing home plate at the baseball game, by the slide of your pants, fingertips thrust outward in valiant effort. My hair probably has a bit of dirt in it. I think…
Some days my fingers give wings to words faster than I can speak them…and today I celebrate this. Because today is my husband’s birthday, and we, our family, celebrate HIM. We celebrate the day he was born because of his unique individuality and incredible God-given talent. We celebrate the way…
Last week, one unusual day, my sweet Tarah and I sat down together for lunch. I say it was “unusual” because rarely is it just two of us for lunch around this hopping house. So we prayed and began eating our sandwiches, and when my beautiful 3 yr old saw…
Photo Credit Monday was Sam the man’s baseball evening and the mother in me so desperately wanted to make the game fun and enjoyable, yet practical, for the entire family. So what did I decide to do? Have dinner at the baseball field. Deciding on something easy, I made an…
Sometimes being the mother of a special needs child causes the mama bear in you to rise beyond your typical personality. In this case, for me, one afternoon, Jeff Foxworthy’s “You Might Be a Redneck” felt relational. How did that happen? If you are a special needs mom (or…
Writer chics all over the globe take five minutes on Fridays and just do one thing for five minutes: write. It’s fun, it’s cheeky and well, I just like the security of having one writing assignment that doesn’t take a whole lot of time or thought. Just writing for the…
My friend, The Gypsy Mama, holds a weekly gathering for the writer people. We challenge ourselves to stop, drop, and write for just 5 minutes. No edits; no do-overs. Thankful for her prompt. And this week’s word? Goodbye. The wind whipped about the coats and hats of all standing in…
For the past week or so, the hospitality study over at Karen Ehman’s hopping spot has spurred on my fiery brain. I love my family; ya’ll know that. I serve them like crazy, you might even know that. But there is one little thing that has been eating at me…
In the last few weeks as the half marathon training time has increased, the question keeps coming up: “How do you do that?” Years ago, when my husband ran his first marathon at age 40, I was in total awe of him. Cheering him on was tons of fun and…
Can I just begin by telling you that I have one awesome husband who loves God, his family and lives like it? And with that, can I tell you that with all my duties, interests, God-given responsibilities and ummmm, laundry, sometimes…well, way too often, my husband gets placed on… the…
