EVERY MOMent COUNTS!
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 [...]
Addressing negative behaviors in other people’s children is tricky. We’ve all been in a situation where we’ve taught a Sunday School class or supervised a play date and at the end, the parents inevitably ask, “How was he/she?” It’s important not to ‘tattle’ on a child if an issue has occurred and it has been [...]
I lived in the same small Midwestern town throughout my entire childhood. After having our first child, my husband and I decided we wanted to raise our children in the same hometown, close to grandparents. We had both attended the same church that my parents brought me to as a newborn. I knew everyone in [...]
Did you miss part 1 from yesterday? Catch up here. The next morning, I apologized again to the man who brought me out (who I will call Jack) for having to miss dinner with him and his wife. He is gracious and relates multiple unusual obstacles they had endured as well. By now…. Both of [...]
For years now, as an author and speaker I’ve been used to the quirks of life on the road. But last week’s coast-to-coast adventure to speak at a business event, has to have broken some sort of comical record for seeing how many things can go wrong in one trip without actually cancelling the trip. [...]
I was reminded yesterday of one of my kids’ favorite lines: “My mom will feed you!” All I have to do is think about it, and I smile! One particular set of memories comes flooding back, though, with this line. Back when my son was in high school, he had a part-time job near the [...]
You’re into preparation mode-shopping, cooking, invitations, fundraisers, junk mail, Christmas cards, special parties. And this is above and beyond the regular stuff on your plate- sports teams, concerts, work deadlines, homework help and then there’s the unexpected- a child’s broken leg, another ear infection, a friend in crisis. But for many there’s another source of [...]
Are you having fun in your marriage? It sounds like a ridiculous question doesn’t it! After all we got married because we liked being with each other and we had fun. But now, many of us don’t even think about fun. We are just trying to get through the day-cleaning up the next poopy diaper, [...]
I went in for my every-three-and-a-half-months, I’ve-put-this-off-too-long, please-cut-my-hair-so-it-doesn’t-look-like-I’m-wearing-a-lampshade appointment at the hairdresser. I have a headful of decidedly curly, i.e. forgiving but frizzy hair, quickly becoming more frizzy and less forgiving. I believe the dialogue went something like this.
Hairstylist: Are you under a lot of stress?
Me: Um, well, yeah. Some.
i.e. starting over in a new place… A few weeks ago we moved to a new city and state. Among other things, I mourned the loss of the close ties I had made in my old home. Yes, friendships can survive a move, but proximity to dear friends is a gift. I miss my old [...]
