For the past week I’ve been blown away every time I drive into our neighborhood. It’s finally Fall in the desert, and the colors make me so happy:I know it’s nothing compared to back East, and this is right after they just raked up all the gorgeous leaves on the ground (I wish they’d leave…
We had the best lesson at church on Sunday. It was about enjoying all the quiet moments…well…making time for those quiet moments, even if they’re in the middle of complete chaos. I love when it closes in on Christmas how the air seems to thicken as the Spirit start to seep in.…if you let it….
I am SO thankful to everyone who responded to what I wrote about Lucy a while ago. Seriously, people came out of the woodwork with phone calls or e-mails…some of them were people I didn’t even really know that well, a friend of a friend, a girl I knew when I was a freshman at…
I know I’ve already said it in so many words, but this has probably been the most stressful Christmas season yet. (Hence the reason why I’m up at 5:45…don’t ask me why I’m doing my blog instead of a million other things that need to be done, but, hey, this is my journal.) And it…
Yes, LUCY HAS PIGTAILS. I decided to put her mullet to work this week man oh man look at the result. Oh my word I couldn’t love this baby more. Even though she screamed from 12:30 to 3:00 a.m. the other night, she melts my heart every time I look at her. I just can’t…
by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth, Empty the dustpan, poison the moth, Hang out the washing and butter the bread, Sew on a button and make up a bed. Where is the mother whose house is so shocking? She’s up in the nursery, blissfully rocking. Oh, I’ve grown shiftless…