What are you experiencing most during the Christmas season? Is it the hope-peace-joy-love in the advent of holy preparation, or the more to-dos adding to an already overwhelming list? So, what can we do to exchange the pace of the season with the peace of the season? Cluttered schedules may not be the only thing that steals … [Read more...]
Watching Wonder
We comprehend more today than our ancestors could ever imagine, but it comes with the cost of a diminished ability to marvel, don't you think? We want to understand everything - and think we do, but in the process we lose our child-wonder. A divine birth is predicted thousands of years ahead of time, then announced by heavenly … [Read more...]
Empty Nest Season
The bittersweet-ness of autumn, when in a blink a full house becomes an empty nest. Children of all ages and stages seem to be going somewhere . . . Teething, bad dreams, and skinned knees are all part of being a mom who mends. Like Father, who mends the mom’s skinned heart when babies leave for kindergarten, college, … [Read more...]
Simply Pray
I love to hear children pray. Honest language, believing in a Father that will answer. I've learned three things about prayer from children: Keep it simple. Believe. Keep it sweet. Prayer is simply talking with God. No old English, no flair, no formula. It seems too good to be true that we can have access to the God of … [Read more...]
Meadow Bride
Nothing compares to the moment . . . In the blink of a tear I went from a bride, to mother of the bride, mother of the groom three times, to gramma of the groom. Time passes quickly. Through tears and tissues we stand to behold the beauty of the bride and the adoring look from her bridegroom . . . and our children are … [Read more...]