Two weeks ago, towards the end of a busy day, I rushed to clean the kitchen after dinner. Â My hope was to get out the door for a quick run while my husband manned the fort. Â In the middle of the rush, my six year old decides to ask a…
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…
Five Minute Friday at the Gypsy Mama’s word prompt. Love that girl for helping me stay focused on what I love to do- write. Â On Fridays, we write for 5 minutes, no take-backs, and link up together. Yep, this is the kind of crazy stuff writers do. And without further…
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…
Very interesting study going on over at Karen Ehman’s place beginning TODAY! Â I am so pleased to take part in this study! Â I’ll be covering “10 Ways to Love on Families with Special Needs Children” on March 28, 2012. Â Every day of the study there are some FABULOUS ideas and…
Found myself talking to Monday this morning. Â Our conversation went something like: Good morning, Monday. How your punctuality is never good timing for me. Our family has been swamped with three kiddos in basketball for the last two months. Three practices a week; three games a weekend. Throw in a…
Five minutes of writing. No edits at the Gypsy Mama’s place. This week’s word: BRAVE. Here we go! The giant stood in the valley, day after day, taunting the Israelites. Â He asked for a man- one brave enough to fight him. Â Goliath was not only a Philistine; he was huge….
Ok, it wasn’t really a physical prison break of the Alcatraz magnitude. But hang with me for this “Matt in Malawi” story, I know you’ll love it. Upon watching the hours of video coverage my man brought back from Africa, my heart opened to his journey in an unexpected way.  Throughout the…
Five Minute Friday. The dare to write for 5 minutes flat without edits. Your heart on the screen in word form, no take-backs. This week’s word: Empty. And my thoughts. I don’t think my mother’s heart can ever imagine what it is like to watch your child die. Â To stand…
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if joy could bottled? I mean, really, carbonated like champagne? To the point of overflowing, popping the lid off with such power that it hits the ceiling. I’d sell it on the blog…with huge success, of course, and my husband could…
Ya’ll know I love to cook, right? Well, when I have time to plan and scheme it out. ;)I’ve been known to make a few decadent desserts and try my hand at new ideas. When you consider the number of people in our house, 8 or 9 all the time,…
Yesterday my man returned from his mission trip to Malawi. Â With many stories, tons of video coverage, and loads of photos, we spent most of the day yesterday and continue today sharing all he experienced. I’m on overload, he’s on overload, but you know what? Jesus is never on overload….
