This is real life. The theology questions are already getting intense and he's only three. One afternoon Little Man tried to go around the car without me while I was buckling his sister into ...
Faith
9 Ways to Make Time For Daily Devotions
It can be hard to find time everyday for Bible Reading and prayer. I've talked before about how I can't do it first thing in the morning, because I'm just not awake enough to pay attention. The ...
The Ministry of Family
I lived in the Philippines for a few years as a teen. I worked in an orphanage over there and became "mommy-Pau" to some sweet little girls who lived with me at the time. There were many aspects to my ...
Annoyed with my Blessings
All too often I find myself becoming annoyed with my blessings. These beautiful little children that God has entrusted to me, these precious lives that I'm honored to have intertwined with ...
Why Beauty Through Imperfection?
Welcome to day 1 of this blog's grand re-opening/2 year anniversary party!!! (be sure to check back tomorrow for the HUGE blog-birthday giveaway!) As you may already know, I transitioned the blog to ...
Helpful posts about the recent tragedy
Until now, I have not written anything about the recent tragedy in CT. It's not that I haven't been thinking about it, I just don't have words to say. I have read many touching pieces on it. Many ...
Timing
faking a smile to hide my misery The last few weeks/month of my pregnancy was awful. I was miserable, sick, exhausted etc. It didn't help that I was having labor-like contractions off and on ...
Insulted on my own blog
I got my first real insult on my blog this week via anonymous comments. It was on a very personal post in which I shared something I am struggling with. This anonymous person said my struggle was ...
Tantrums and grace
tantrums Last week my son was horribly behaved. Not just generally naughty (he's a toddler, so 'generally naughty' is nothing to blog about) but honestly horrible. We have been dealing with ...
Patience
Any one who has been a mother longer than an hour, knows that motherhood requires PATIENCE. and lots of it! *1,000 times a day I clean up his toys (and try not to be mad as he uncleans while I ...