Looking at old pictures takes us to a place gone by, times we want to remember but often forget. As I watched a slideshow of old pictures, I remembered a time when my mom was healthy and beautiful and full of life. I saw her sisters and brother, my granny, my grandpa. All of them […] Read more…
I’m the tall girl; I’m the shy girl. If I can get to the back–the back of the room, the back of the line, the back of the group in a picture–that’s where I am going. I don’t like the front because I don’t like being seen. Hiding in the back makes me feel safe […] Read more…
Packed like sardines. Busting at the seams. Maximum capacity. Whichever way you spin it, we’re full! Small house, big family means it can be crazy, chaotic, and… interesting? We may very well be packed like sardines, but we aim to be content in our sardine-ness. Almost twenty years ago, when we bought this house, we […] Read more…
For some reason unbeknownst to my younger self, we were not allowed to wash our our dirty, doggy, outside yucky hands in the the kitchen sink. It was the rule: You go to the bathroom to wash. Time after time, I heard, “Don’t you wash those dirty hands in my kitchen sink! I don’t want […] Read more…
Take life moment by moment. You’ve heard it before. So cliche, yet I find myself wondering how exactly to get through the yuck even if it is one second at a time. We Are Not Alone Jesus, being quoted by Paul, said, “My grace is all you need. My power is strongest when you are […] Read more…
