Today’s prompt over at Lisa Jo Baker’s blog is “writer.” Each Friday she throws out a writing prompt and encourages writers to do what it is we do in our heads and hearts all the live long day: write. And that just for 5 minutes. Sometimes 5 minutes is all we have to do what […]
They say the 7th year is the year of Jubilee. A year where debts are cancelled and everyone knows and breathes freedom. A season of celebration. It’s been 7 years since our son Noah passed away. God has already shown Jason and me how this year is going to be profound and special, though we […]
Ryan has known his ABC’s for a while now. After going to Emily’s preschool class one day, 8 years ago, I realized not only was it necessary for me to teach him his ABC’s early on, but also how important hand washing would be in our lives. You see, the teacher gave the kids something […]
Folks, January 8th was Elvis Presley’s birthday, too. I had a few of his 45’s when I was a kid, watching Nipper the RCA dog spin around and around on my Barbie record player while I held my microphone, and told our Gordon Setter, Sham, that he wasn’t nothin’ but a hound dog. Raise your […]
Thankfulness entails honesty. Why pretend when God knows the deepest parts of our hearts? The moment I realized there was no such thing as a secret between me and God, my awe of Him increased, along with my love for Him. I breathed in at that moment the truth that God loves me, as is, […]
Every night, unless he is out of town, Jason and I are a tight team in the bedtime, tucking in the kids, routine. At this stage, Ryan wants me most times and I won’t lie when I say, I’m eating up every single, “I want Mommy!” moment I can get because I know at some […]