For someone who isn’t into the Food Channel or trying new recipes or buying the latest Rachael Ray cookbook, I’ve recently logged more hours than I can count in the kitchen. Maybe Julia Child would be proud, or maybe Betty Crocker, or maybe my mother. But it’s really my kids I’m aiming to please. Anticipating [...]
Fall Fest
November 20, 2009 By
As soon as that azure blue sky of autumn met the cold snap of the air, I started getting excited. Signs for pumpkin patches and corn mazes lined the road, and I began looking through my recipes for warm comfort food and soup. I filled my grocery cart with ingredients for my husband’s signature chili and [...]
Swimming Lessons
June 26, 2009 By
My youngest son does not have much fear. He’s a leap before you look kind of guy. When he was two years old and my oldest son was four, I spent the summer trying to coax my 4-year-old son to jump off the edge of the pool into my arms. Once while trying to convince [...]
Mother’s Day Song
May 9, 2009 By
by Tracey Lanter Driving in the car with teenagers can be an adventure, lots of talking, lots of loud music—for sure there’s never a dull moment. A few days ago as I was dropping my daughter off at work she yelled back into the car, ”Hey mom, there’s your song!” and then she grinned and trotted off. As I drove away [...]
Mother’s Day Confession
May 8, 2009 By
Okay, I admit it. I milk Mother’s Day for all it’s worth! I hope you do too. We are responsible for so much all day, every day, and Mother’s Day should be the one day we try hard … not to do so much. I say “try hard” because sometimes we are our own worst [...]
The Real Mother’s Day is Yet to Come
May 4, 2009 By
bMy first memories of Mother’s Day are sitting in church as a child as the minister recognized all the mothers. I remember them standing in recognition of their day. I also remember them all wearing a corsage. The ones whose mother’s were no longer living always wore white flowers and the mostly younger moms wore [...]
“We will Tell the Next Generation the Praiseworthy Deeds of the Lord …”
April 28, 2009 By
Because I feel like you’ve been growing with me in my journey as a mother, but even more because of God’s sheer goodness, I’m thrilled to share with you a purely personal post! I’m grateful to announce the arrival of our fourth child (in five years!), a son named after his father. Friday morning brought us [...]
Daddy’s Home
April 8, 2009 By
I had to laugh last night—when my husband arrived home from work I was in the middle of a mess in the kitchen, my son was in his room with the door closed, and my daughter, who had been sick for days, was “zoned out” in front of the television. So his arrival home went unnoticed. [...]
Answered Prayer and Last Dances
April 3, 2009 By
It’s a prayer that slips through parents lips the moment they sit and rock their new baby: a prayer for the future, a petition for God’s blessing, and a plea for the one to whom they will hand over the key to that child’s heart. Tim and I prayed that prayer regularly for our children’s [...]
Precious Moments
March 26, 2009 By
Sometimes children can say something that just sort of makes you pause. I remember when my son was really young and he climbed up on the kitchen table so he could get to us, put his arms around his father ‘s neck and mine looked at each of us and then said, “I love my life.” He then [...]
