EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
Barbeque sauce has many uses and is a wonderful food condiment. But I would not recommend it for car-interior detailing. How did I discover this nugget (ha … ha) of wisdom? Running late, as usual, I jumped into the car and grabbed the steering wheel… only to find I had difficulty letting go. Why? Because [...]
What is it about our sense of smell that brings memories snapping sharply into focus out of nowhere? I can be in a grocery store, in the mall, walking down a city sidewalk, anywhere at all, and catch the slightest whiff of “Old Spice” aftershave and my whole being gets shaken to the core. It’s [...]
My weekly “To Do List” has no space for interruptions. Yet there are times when guilt motivates me to make space. Last Fall our church leadership launched a series on generosity: “Give ‘til it Helps!” So appropriate for the holiday season, I thought. I could give money to a worthy cause, empty my closets of [...]
New Years’ resolutions get me down. I get pretty overwhelmed when I think about all of the areas I need to work on… physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I need to be a better wife, mother, friend, daughter, sister, church member, blogger. I need to be more thoughtful, less selfish, more servant-like, less judgmental, exercise more, [...]
This past week my eighty two year old father underwent back surgery. Anytime an anesthesiologist puts you under and you have surgery is a good time to pray, but definitely if you are eighty two. Early morning in pre-op my mother, brother, and I stood beside Dad’s gurney and prayed. We boldly approached the throne [...]
After losing my mom just a little over a month ago, having my dad come stay with us two weeks, lots of company for Thanksgiving (most of them staying in our home)and preparing for our first college graduation, things have been a little hectic for this mommy. Hectic would be okay if the everyday chores [...]
I know, I know it sounds “bah, hum bug” to say stop the holiday cheer… but that’s not exactly what I mean by that statement. As moms we all get that the marketers are winding us up, wanting us to bounce all over town doing, doing, doing, buying, buying, buying to have the “perfect holiday” [...]
Shopping, baking, pleasing our families, gift wrapping, school programs, church pageants, caroling, credit card bills, traveling… Just thinking about the month of December significantly raises my blood pressure. I have an idea of how I want our family to celebrate the birth of Christ but so many outside commitments and expectations weigh me down. Not [...]
In the last sixty days I have encountered three snakes at my feet. What I have learned has impacted me body and soul. The first time, was at my brother’s ranch where my hubby, I, and three kids were kicking back for the weekend. On the front lawn, the two boys and I were playing [...]
Begrudgingly I walked into the Breast Center for my annual mammogram on April 1. “Why am I such a rule follower,” I asked myself as I waited my turn on the mashing machine. No family history, no risk factors. “Maybe I should do this every two years.” Four days later a phone call from a [...]
