Colette has been walking since she was eight months old. She has always had great comprehension and fine motor skills. When she puts her mind to it, she can follow direction to minute details. However, when asked to return a toy to her bedroom, she has this mysterious affliction that suddenly turns her legs to …
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What God Cares About
As I blogged about last April in A New Prayer Journey, Jon and I have been praying together each night according to a theme. The other day the topic was regarding finances. We were praying for some individuals approaching retirement age, but not necessarily approaching financial stability in order to allow retirement. Logically, we prayed …
When It Counts
I am not trying to float my own boat, but as a child I was pretty smart about getting what I wanted. Perhaps it was because I had three older siblings forging the way, setting examples- good and bad, from which to learn. Or, perhaps it was because I had three younger siblings with childlike …
Remembering
September enters with an air of somberness. While Labor Day festivities are being held and the final ounces of summer are being relished, I reflect on the loss of a dearly loved friend. The mourning is much the same- balancing between the sorrow of loss and the comforts of the certainties of Christ. It is …
Time for a Diet!
My children tend to be pretty sloppy eaters, despite much coaching at each meal. “Mary, stop dissecting your sandwich and just eat it!” “Colette, if you pick up your spaghetti with your hands one more time, you will be all done eating!” Sometimes only seconds have passed since saying grace, and someone has peanut butter …
A Test of Love?
I have a two year old. This means I frequently find my patience, endurance, and sanity being tested. “It’s all about being more stubborn than she is,” I often find myself saying to the sympathetic listener, or to no one at all, but simply as a means of committing myself to the idea. Mary has …
Mountain Moved
Sometimes I feel like there is some sort of plug between my brain and my hands that stops up the flow of words swimming in my brain that are trying to get out on paper. My blog entry from last week, “Moving Mountains,” was actually a river of emotion that had been dammed for several …
Moving Mountains
I believe God can move mountains, figuratively and literally. In Christian jargon, mountains often depict the looming problem that is preventing us from getting to the other side; that land of success and happiness we all long for. Faith leads us to prayerfully ask God to move the mountain. On Sunday in church we sang …
Restoring Joy with Rocks
One of the greatest blessings of having children or being with children is experiencing the joy of childhood all over again. This morning I had the pleasure of spending time with my nephew, who will soon be ten years old. We had walked to a park with the girls and while the girls were playing …
Free To Love
My apologies for an extended hiatus. Life has been very busy! This past weekend was a combination of celebrating the blessing of freedom that we have in this country, as well as the blessing of seven years of wedded bliss for Jon and me. Originally when we planned our wedding for July 3rd, it was …