For the mamas

Every once in a while, the Lord will bring me to a scripture that just fits with what I need to hear.
I’m sure it happens more than just “every once in a while” but I only pay attention that often. My loss!
Some days as a homeschooling mom are just difficult. Who am I kidding? [...]

I <3 These Boys

“Why do you have the heart thing in that?” “I just want the practice, my baby.” (The thought of how fast you are growing up sometimes makes me heartsick)

“Take my picture too! Oh wait, I want to ride my bike. Don’t take too long!” “Just stand still and it will go very fast.” (Not [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day

Remembering what it’s all about. And no, I don’t mean the hokey pokey.
P.S. Click on picture for bigger, better Flickr goodness.

J’s Birthday Party!

Family: more photos here on Flickr.
Woohoo!
Ok, is it sad that I didn’t realize his 6th birthday party was on the 6th? Because it didn’t connect for me until just now.
But enough of the sadness! Because the party was all about gladness.
Back up a little to the day before: the boys and I had fun prepping [...]

Somebody is Six Today!

Once upon a time, about five years and eight and a half months ago, a little boy lay still in his mommy’s womb. Hey lay so still that his mommy had to visit the labor & delivery department of the hospital to get monitored because she didn’t always feel that “movement each daylight hour” during [...]

Every Day a Lesson

Really, if you can’t smile about it, you have to cry, right?
NM is sick with the same bug J had two weeks ago. Oh, yes, the laundry machines are earning their keep! And yes, the bug has managed to get me, too. Hubby? Same as last week…away for work.
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms…and [...]

Things Happen

And not necessarily nice things, either!
This past week sure fits the definition of “doozy.” Just briefly:
~ Hubby was gone ALL week, Sunday (!) through Saturday afternoon. Work took two weekend days.
~ The puppy was hurt when the play with the boys was a little bit too rough. She cried. She limped. She came to [...]

Intimacy in Prayer

Written by Francois Fenelon, a mystic* of the Middle Ages:
“Tell God all that is in your heart, as one unloads one’s heart, it’s pleasures, and it’s pains, to a dear friend.
Tell him your troubles, that he may comfort you; tell him your joys, that he may sober them; tell him your longings, that he may [...]

This is War - Dustin Kensrue

Striking, a different perspective of history and HIStory.

Mary Did You Know?

This one makes me cry. It’s just such an impressive idea, so awesome to contemplate the humility that Jesus had to be born as a little baby, in a feeding trough inside of a stable in a wee little podunk village in one of the least impressive parts of the Roman empire, no less. And [...]

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