Every Memorial Day weekend, I pull out this story that my Grandma wrote in a letter to me while I was in college. I was taking a story telling class at the time and had written my grandparents asking them to send me family stories. This one is a gem, and serves as a reminder […]
Faith & Other Flat Tires (interview & give away!)
Congratulations to Mary C. and Jessie H. and Joy M. (Facebook winner) for winning copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Here Comes the Bride. I will send out your copies in the mail this week! “I grew up in a healthy Christian home and a healthy Christian community. And yet, beginning in adolescence, I […]
Focus on Finishing Well
Have you entered the give away yet for a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Here Comes the Bride? What? Not yet? Quick, go do it here! Finishing well isn’t easy. I’m definitely not great at it. I made blinds for the windows in our office. Well, for 3 out of 4 windows, that […]
Here Comes the Bride (book give away!)
Nearly fifteen years ago on my wedding day, my dad and I stood behind the doors to my childhood church’s sanctuary. Just before the pastor’s wife opened the doors for our grand entrance, Dad raced into the nursery for a tissue. He wiped his eyes, and chuckled as he asked, “Does my hair look ok?” […]
Your Gift is Worthy
My children gave me imperfectly perfect gifts this weekend. With puffed up chests, they presented the evidence of their undying love for me (or at least until they turn 12!). T-Rex was so excited about the painting he made in school, that he had to tell me about it right away, finishing the conversation with, […]
For the unsure mothers
**You have one day left to enter to win a copy of Cindy Bultema’s story “He Loves Me.” Enter here! I wasn’t sure about this mothering gig. I wasn’t the girl who dreamed of being a mom and had all my kids’ names picked out. I liked babies…in other people’s arms. Kids were fun… for […]