This morning my heart is singing of God’s goodness, so I thought I should share ten (thousand) reasons I’m counting my blessings. 1) Brownies baking. Nothing like that scent ruminating through the house. 2) Open windows, allowing the warmth of this finally-Spring morning. 3) Filling the clothesline with freshly laundered clothes for the first time this year. […]
Why is Adoption So Difficult?
The April 8th reading from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest says, Our Lord’s Resurrection destiny is to bring “many sons unto glory.” The fulfilling of His destiny gives Him the right to make us sons and daughters of God. We are never in the relationship to God that the Son of God is in; but we are […]
The Almost Adoption
My heart is in that hurting sort of place. I knew these kind of days would resurface, even after coming to a place of peace and contentment with our childlessness. But it seems to be impossible to completely ignore the desire and if I lost all hope that may not even be healthy, I don’t know. […]
Thursday Girls
Kirsten, Martha, Laurel, Marella, Melanie Thursday from 7:30-9:00pm is one of my favorite times of the week. I mentioned it along with a whole slew of weekly youth encounters a while back, but after the four fantastic hours I spent with these girls tonight, I just had to elaborate. Back in September I felt I […]
Spring Dust Bunnies
It’s been a Spring Cleaning kind of week. the cat loved the new box I finally got around to purchasing the printer/copier for the piano studio. (Thank you, Sam’s Club for saving me $30 off of the Walmart/Amazon price.) That, of course, led to rearranging book shelves, which led to dusting, which led to sorting out […]
An Eccles Easter
We were so blessed to have our Eccles Family with us for this holy weekend. They arrived in time for the Good Friday service (which was a wonderful time of remembrance and solemnity with our Ecumenical brothers and sisters), and we still had plenty of time for a late stew dinner and good conversation before […]
A New Peanut Butter in Town
Something you all should know about me is I LOVE PEANUT BUTTER. I have had some serious addictions to the stuff in the past, but now I have a good, tasty, healthy relationship with it. Apparently Pacific Beach Peanut Butter discovered my love for this nutty spread and contacted me to review their new products. […]
Trampling Over Death by Death
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IExdrZGQVeI] Christ Is RisenMatt Maher Let no one caught in sin remainInside the lie of inward shameWe fix our eyes upon the crossAnd run to him who showed great loveAnd bled for usFreely you bled, for us Christ is risen from the deadTrampling over death by deathCome awake, come awake!Come and rise up from […]
Lead Me to the Cross, Lord Jesus
On this Good Friday, steep your heart in the message of this song, recounting the willingness, the obedience, the great sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Lead Me to the Crossby Hillsong United Savior, I come,Quiet my soul,Remember Redemption’s HillWhere Your blood was spilled for my ransom Everything I once held dearI count it all […]
Eleven Lessons Learned in 11 Days of Parenting
From Tuesday evening, March 11th to Friday evening, March 22nd, we were entrusted with the care of 3 children while their parents went on their first-ever private vacation (to Hawaii!). Their kids are Catherine-13, Jacob-10, and Sarah-6. We moved ourselves into their house, which helped keep their lives relatively similar to when Mommy and Daddy […]