Every night for a week, Little Miss Sunshine has added to her usual “Thanks for Mommy & Daddy, Thanks for Jesus, Thanks for T-Rex, Thanks for my family and all my friends” bedtime prayer. The new last line has been “Thanks for new tires.” Last week while making the hour drive home from my Grandma’s, […]
faith in action
The lonely fish.
We had a mini-tragedy happen around the fish tank today. For a long, long time we’ve had a nearly empty fish tank. Just a week and a half ago, we started to re-fill our tank. Little Miss Sunshine and The Narrator made a deal that if she cleaned her room every night for a week, […]
The Kitchen Symphony
There are moments in my career as wife/mama/home manager/housekeeper where everything comes together, and when everything and everyone behaves as it should. It’s almost as if I get a teeny, tiny glimpse of what life might have been like without an Original Sin (except that the butter and sugar are still bad for me). It’s […]
Lessons from the library
I have a pretty good memory, especially when it comes to names and facts about people. I love stories, and each person has a story, and God has apparently given me a brain that is as sticky as fly tape when it comes to remembering people and their stories. Once I’ve met you, you’re never […]
Lessons from the playground
It was a gorgeous day sunny day here today, so the kids and I took advantage of the sun and met up with friends at the playground down the street. I’ve noticed lately that I’m friendlier and more conversational with other adults when my kids aren’t around. In fact, when I spent the weekend alone […]
Be Prepared
Saturday evening around 10 p.m. as I was wrapping up my kitchen cleanup for the day and thinking about going to bed, I realized there was a large truck rumbling outside our house. When I stopped and thought about it, I realized that the rumbling had been going on in the background of my mind […]