I truly hope that if you are a mother, today has been all you dreamed it could be.  I hope that you have enjoyed being pampered with wonderful gifts, handmade crafts, meaningful cards, pretty flowers, much needed rest, and a lunch out at your favorite restaurant.  But if Mother’s Day has looked a little different than that, I want you to know I understand. Today I had the privilege of […]

Often times when I read the account of Jesus’ life in the Gospels, I long for more details.  And this story is no different.  Give me more, John Mark.  I want all the details.  But then I remember how God breathed these words into the lives of these long-ago writers.  There are no more or no less details given to us than He intended.   Perhaps He wants us to use […]

While He (Jesus) was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Mark 14:3 I wonder if anyone noticed her at first?  Did Andrew or Peter see her, but dismiss her because they were so engrossed in the conversation […]

It is 6 O’Dark on Wednesday morning.  My husband is in the shower and I am enjoying the last twenty minutes of precious sleep.  In my mind, the best sleep of the entire night, which makes this such a sad tale. From out of nowhere, the doorbell rings.  I think to myself, surely this is a dream.  I’m dreaming. Yes. That’s it.  Then I think, maybe I’m not dreaming.  Okay, […]

I never realized how often I answered the question, “Where do your kids go to school?” until I pulled them out of the public school system to homeschool.  Now I dread the question.  It’s one of those questions that you never know the response you’re going to get. In fact it brings back some painful memories of my youth when I was at the dating age.  I would be talking […]

If you know my husband, you know that music is an important part of his life.  He knows God has equipped him with an ability and given him an assignment to use his voice to point others to God.  Recently Matthew has experienced a difficult season of life called busy-ness.  I am not a poet, but as an observer of my spouse over the last several months, God gave me […]

No matter what age we are, I believe we can discover new things about ourselves.  New likes.  New interests.  New ideas and thoughts.  I had one such revelation the other day. We stopped by our local Chick-fil-A to grab a quick bite.  It happened to be Ash Wednesday.  The young lady that took our order had a rather large smudge of something on her forehead.  At first I wanted to […]

Izzy: “Mom, I want to have a farm someday, in Aurora.” Mom: “Well, Izzy, Aurora is more of a city, not really a farming community. Maybe you could live in Parker or Elizabeth? There are farms there.” Izzy: “Ok. Just as long as I’m close to you and Dad.”

For the last ten years, I have happily clipped coupons and found online deals for Children’s Place, Gap Kids, Carters, etc.  I LOVE shopping for my two girly-girls, and outfitting them in the latest fashions.