Just yesterday, I was telling my girls that we needed to bail out our sandbox. It was brimming with mucky, standing water. Moss growing, toys molding, simply a mess! I explained to them that we needed to gather some cups and buckets and work together to scoop out the muck, cup by cup, discarding the filth that has grown over… Read More
Finding Peace in a Chaotic World
I remember a time a few years ago when I had just managed to scoot my big kids off to school and the baby was still sleeping. I had five minutes until I needed to wake my little one to drive to an appointment. My first inclination was to do something, wash dishes, throw in a load of laundry, accomplish… Read More
Drowning Is Glorious!
“My grace is sufficient enough for you, for power is made perfect in weakness. I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me. Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. I… Read More
Berbere, Vomit, & Love
“There is nothing on this Earth more to be prized than true friendship.” instructed Saint Thomas Aquinas. This unique gift comes about in exceedingly unusual and surprising ways much of time. We connect with an individual through an activity or event and find ourselves intrigued or simply filled with laughter. Then realize we have a common interest. We begin to… Read More
The Sweet Sound of Bonding
My husband watches television with my kids, not only movies, but sports, history, cooking shows, you name it, they watch it. For years this has pushed a button in me. My mind would scream, ‘You aren’t doing this bonding thing right.’ I would get irritated and think, ‘Why don’t you take the kids to the zoo, or a museum, or… Read More
His Soul Cried Out
My dear friend, we will call her Aggie, recently shared a painful account of an encounter with her husband with me. It brought her to saddened tears. Aggie explained how she felt he was hurt and lost. She understood that her hubby was lonely and misunderstood. My friend could see that he needed to be heard and comforted by someone… Read More