On Advent.

I’m the first to admit that up to this point, we have done a lousy job of teaching our children about the Advent season. We do try to talk about the season being all about Jesus and his birth and what that means for us, but we haven’t done anything tangible in the past [...]

A Birthday Gift

You know I love Compassion International.
To me, the most powerful testimonies for why this program works is to hear from adults who were sponsored as a child, and what it meant to them. I recently read Peninah’s story; it’s so moving. Being involved with Compassion rescued her from a certain horrible future, as [...]

Eight Years

I don’t really feel like rehashing September 11 on the blog today…I did this post last year with my recollection of the day.
Instead, I’d like to ask you to pray for this family, the Nevils. Jeremy enlisted in the Army 3 years ago, and 2 months ago, he was deployed to Afghanistan (his unit was [...]

Bound to Happen

Well, it didn’t take long. Today, Luke forgot to bring his lunch to school! It was packed and ready to go, and in his excitement to get on the bus, he left it near the door. I left immediately after he did with the two other boys to take Bennett to preschool [...]

From the Archives: The First, but Certainly Not the Last

I’m worn out today and just plain busy…Jack Henry got new tubes in his ears this morning (he’s doing great…no lingering side effects of the anesthesia or anything), I grocery shopped again this afternoon because I could without any kids (Nana Jo was here!) and we can now eat out of the cupboards and freezers [...]

Current Events.

I used to call myself a Republican. Now I think I’ll just stick with “conservative” since that seems a better descriptor, lest someone think by “Republican” I mean “hypocritical, unfaithful spouse.”
Seriously, Republicans, can you please, please stop letting me down with all your righteous talk and subsequent infidelity? It’s getting embarrassing.
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Not sure if [...]

Links You’ll Love

Ok, maybe you won’t love them, but I did.
First of all – did you know that you can subscribe to comments left on this blog? If you leave a comment and want to know what others say after you, it’s really easy. Fill out your comment and then check the box below the [...]

Get Out

Yesterday, our church did a major community-volunteer day, and we decided that we’d participate as a family. They had several family-friendly options, and we chose to do clean-up at a local park…it turned out to be a park that we go to often, so that was cool!
What was NOT cool was the fact that [...]

Red Envelope Day

You may have noticed that I’ve been really quiet about politics lately…frankly, I’m so totally beyond fed up with what’s going on in Washington (and the media – don’t even get me started on Obama’s Special Olympics “joke”) that I haven’t the energy to write about it.
More Americans have started to embrace the [...]

It’s Your Life

Sorry to be so music-heavy the last few days, but I’ve got another new favorite song (courtesy of my favorite show, “The Biggest Loser” – I’m totally rooting for Mike to win!) that I have to share with you!
The artist’s name is Francesca Battistelli, and if you listen to contemporary Christian music at all, you’ve [...]