Several years ago, my oldest son was watching me feed his older disabled sister. As I placed the green beans in her mouth, she made quite the face. Her younger brother received the definite message that she did NOT like green beans. His response, “Taylor doesn’t like green beans, Mom….
Yesterday my oldest son and I were having a conversation about discretion. “What is discretion?” he asked. “Well, it is deciding how to act or talk BEFORE you respond to situations,” was my impromptu reply on a second grade level. This took me back two years ago to having a…
On Monday, my four year old dropped a dozen eggs at the checkout. I had already paid for them and he was “just twying to help” by bagging them. They didn’t make the bag. Yesterday he was infatuated with a light up snowman decoration on the window sill. Needless to…
Ever wake up with a song in your heart? Then it plays over and over in your mind the entire day? Today was one of those days for me. I finally googled the song, thinking it was an old hymn. To my surprise, it was written in 2003 by Stuart…
The square of life – you know what I’m talking about? The circle of life is that wonderful repetitive cycle, referred to as a growing and learning season. A new beginning means the end to another phase. But I have to tell you, that circle, well, at least at our…
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…
