When life is out of control, I can spend hours on the most insignificant tasks. I grasp at anything to reign in chaos, even if it means cleaning and organizing our bathroom. For nearly two hours. And it’s not that big of a room. Armed with vinegar for the windows, Pine-Sol (my favorite clean house scent) for [...]
(I’m linking up with Lisa-Jo at The Gypsy Mama’s Five Minute Friday.) Distance. I stare at the word in front of me and think of the distance we’ll travel tomorrow for our Spring Break getaway. The last time we visited Ocean Isle Beach, we followed Hurricane Earl. He left in such a huff that the tide [...]
When my children were younger, I came across a recipe in Home Life magazine for Easter Story cookies. The ingredients, the baking and the cookies help us remember the story of Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. Even though the children are tweens and teens now, they still look forward to making Easter Story cookies on [...]
A place for everything, and everything in its place is a myth at our house. For the moment. When our basement flooded, we were very lucky that most things were in bookcases, dressers or in plastic tubs on shelving. Everything was in its place, thankfully, even in the laundry room where the shut-off valve broke. [...]
It’s just another day in paradise. 268. The cat puked under the dining room table. 269. A 13-year old boy (who shall remain nameless to protect his identity) spent at least 10 minutes at the kitchen table in what I will only describe as the pop-tart sorting episode that nearly sent me over the edge. [...]
Sometimes words dry up and then the waters flood. Thoughts of God’s faithfulness have flooded my mind these last few days. There’s so much to tell – a lifetime of God’s faithfulness, moving and acting on my behalf. For years, the longing to share His story grew within my womb, but I tried the work [...]
Peter and I returned home on Sunday after being away for the weekend, to find our basement completely saturated with water. FLOOD. ED. The Short Story Sometime over the weekend the water cut off valve from the wall to the laundry sink broke. The new super duper Pex shut-off valve broke and water gushed everywhere [...]
I struggle with being attentive. I could blame it on the fact that I’m an ENFP who has a severe case of ADHD and that would be partly true, but once you know, you can’t not know, and I know. My Dilemma I love the results of being attentive. Did you catch that? The results. Not [...]
I had such a productive morning on Thursday. I made a double batch of bread: two loaves of seed bread, a loaf of white and a pan of cinnamon rolls. Oh, and a mini-loaf to give to neighbors as pittance for Archie stealing their Wall Street Journal. Peter said it was my best so far [...]
Happy Anniversary, Baby! Gotchu on my mi-ind. (For those of you who don’t know, today is not our wedding anniversary, but the anniversary of the day Peter and I met.) Nine years ago today, I boarded a plane from Texas to Lynchburg, with a layover in Pittsburg. That destination changed my life in ways I [...]
