We’ve been going to the same place for vacation each summer for about 25 years. It’s a beautiful beach spot filled with many, many memories. Twelve years ago, Chris and I took a picture on a particular couch at this vacation spot. We’ve taken the same shot every year since. The above picture was taken…
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Past, Present, and Future
Our family spent some time up on Lookout Mountain in Georgia on our way to Florida this past week. Chris and I both graduated from Covenant College, so we were eager to show the kids around; maybe share with them a little bit of our past. We had a captive audience, and my husband was…
A Time to Laugh
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven….a time to weep and a time to laugh. Ecc. 3:4 It’s good to laugh. Great even. It’s been said many times, “Laughter is good for the soul.” I wonder sometimes if God laughs. The Bible is certainly not without frequent use…
Pets
I grew up with many pets. As a kid, being around animals was completely familiar – all kinds of animals. We had dogs, cats, birds, hamsters, snakes, lizards, and iguanas, just to name a few. There were two factors that went into the various pets that became a part of our family: first, my sisters…
What (I Hope) Lily Learns
My baby starts school this week. Just a couple of mornings during the week, but still, it’s hard for me to believe that she’s starting school. But this is not just hard to believe because she’s my baby. It’s literally hard for me to believe….to picture…to imagine….Lily sitting still, following directions, and listening to a…
Give me Jesus
I haven’t attended any this summer, but through facebook and friends pictures, I’ve enjoyed looking at the memories of several weddings during the last couple of months. One things is common in every single picture: bliss. Pure, unadulterated bliss. It’s the beginning of a new life, new adventures, and suddenly the fear of an unknown…
Desperate Times; Desperate Measures.
Each of my children are very familiar with a certain time around our house. It’s called “rest time.” I can’t call it nap time since, for some reason unbeknownst to me, I have been chosen to mother “those” children. The ones who stopped napping soon after they were able to walk. The ones who because…
Parenthood
We made it nearly nine years without taking one of our children to the ER. I’d say, judging by those around me with young children, that this is something to be thankful for. I always wondered which adventure would land us in the ER for the first time. I figured it would be…
Today
Today is Jrod’s birthday. He’s seven today. Can’t quite believe he’s seven (considering the fact that the shirt I bought him for his birthday is 4T, and will fit him perfectly). That boy has a life about him that is all at once energizing, perplexing, and addictive. He loves life and lives it to the…
Apples and M&M’s
I had the privilege of being in Savannah with my sisters during one of Erin’s treatment weeks. Because she didn’t feel well for several days, Bekah and I spent a lot of time with her three precious children: Lydia, Hudson, and baby Samuel. I was geared up to do what I do best: mom duties. …