Hello, friends! I hope you had a wonderful August and that as summer closed that you enjoyed many blessings with your family. I can hardly believe that my two little ones bounced onto the bus this morning. Where did the past 7 3/4 years go? More experienced mothers warned me that this day would eventually […]
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One way we’re handling the back-to-school jitters
Have you ever been nervous about a new situation or opportunity? Even though your head knows it will work out, you can’t seem to stop your stomach from practicing boy scout knots? Little Miss, who loves school so much that she even prayed for more math homework, has been dreading going back to school. Every […]
We all wander
We were in the garden section of a home improvement store discussing what type of cherry and apple trees might be best for our yard when Little Miss wandered away. We watched her as she skipped up and down the rows of flowers singing a song, being the star of the show in her head. […]
Doing Life Together Refreshes Weary Hearts
I don’t ever remember a summer that’s been as dry and hot as this one. Our neighborhood is filled with yard after yard lacking color, drained of life. My life has felt the same way over the past few weeks. Dry. Cracked. Lacking color. Drained of life. I’d been pushing through, reprimanding myself for weeks […]
Rodents Underground
*Congratulations to Roseanna W who won last week’s give away! 50% of the purchase price from Inspired Novelties will continue to go to the Manasseh Project through the end of July! photo courtesy of cliodna, sxc.hu These groundhogs are like a B-rated movie that Hollywood keeps making sequels for. “The rodents are back. With vengeance.” […]
Unplanned Seeds
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23, NIV Further reading: Galatians 5:16-23 I crouched in the garden, one knee indenting the earth, the other propping up an elbow. I stared at a cluster of mystery plants […]