“Lord, teach me how to pray for my adult children. I know You are greater than anything they face. Thank You that my prayers for them have power because You hear me and will answer. I pray You will guide and protect them and help them to become all they were created to be.” Stormie [...]
The Silly Solution to Angry Kids
April 29, 2010 By
Getting Ready for School …
April 27, 2010 By
Some mornings, everything falls into place. Others, not so much. Yet each morning, I get up and hope for the best. This morning seemed to be moving along better than most, especially since my parents are still here helping me recover from my cancer surgery. My incision wasn’t hurting too much, so I hobbled up [...]
I Can Be a Picky Wife
April 26, 2010 By
Heaven is Like Grandma’s
April 26, 2010 By
My little girl spent the night at Grandma’s this week, which very well may be her favorite place in the entire world. She ate waffles for breakfast and got to watch Clifford and Curious George. Tonight, she asked, “Mom, can I wake up at Grandma’s?” This evening, I’d been contemplating challenging things: friends fighting valiantly [...]
A Little Marital Weed-Killing
April 23, 2010 By
Huh. Easier said than done. This year, the kids are out there “helping” me, which can occasionally mean two steps forward and one step back, but at least that means two to six more chubby hands pulling weeds. (“No! Not that one!”) I mean, do any of you know boys who can resist dirt, digging, and [...]
The Prodigal God
April 21, 2010 By
God Amidst the Chaos of Cancer
April 20, 2010 By
Brothers Because of Love
April 19, 2010 By
I was eavesdropping. I confess. My boys were having a discussion that was quickly escalating. My youngest was asking his older brother to just ignore someone asking if they were brothers and where my youngest “came from.” They are of different ethnicities but are brothers in every other way. They trash their room together, argue, giggle, scheme, wrestle, occasionally play [...]
Family Movie Night and Creating New Traditions
April 16, 2010 By
Sometimes in life, things happen and you have no control over them. Sometimes they can be good and sometimes … well … they can be not so good. When this happens, you don’t always get to choose what you think would be best for your family. Sometimes you just get to pick up the pieces that are left over [...]
