…I can’t keep up! I have SO much to write about this:and this:and this:and especially this:(the cake is compliments of Elle and Grace, the chunk taken out of the front is compliments of Lu.) But I can’t seem to sneak out any time to write about it all because of this:(The kids about drove me…
Years ago someone gave me a book. It was called “The Precious Present.” And although I will admit that it was a tinge on the cheesy side, the story enclosed within it’s cover has held a piece of my heart ever since. It was about a man who was told all his life (by someone…
Dearest David, Here’s a little re-cap about life at home as you traipse around on the other side of the planet: We had our Primary Program at church. I wish I would have snuck in a video camera so you could see Lucy right in front marching to the songs and acting like she knew…
It’s weird how having a “word” as my motto for the year has kind of changed me the last couple years. No, these words have not miraculously molded me into a new and improved self instantaneously. But having them to think about in the back of my mind all year has really helped me remember…
I have one big question today: How in the world did it become December 17th so darn fast? Honestly, it seems like yesterday I was SHOCKED to look at the calendar and realize it was the 4th of DECEMBER. I honestly could not believe it. And now we have eight days ’til Christmas. In my…
I wish I had a hundred rooms. To fill with the creations of my children’s’ imaginative minds. I’m sad to see them in the trash, as they are. They fish them out…sad that I’d toss their treasures. But little do they realize they’re my treasures too… The swirls of color, scribbles from Claire…a jagged concentrated…
In a discussion with some neighbors the other day we somehow got talking about miracles. We talked about how sometimes we have to recognize the miracles. We have to be looking for them or they may slip by unnoticed. And those miracles may come in a different form than we are asking for. One friend…
I wrote a little on Instagram about how “prepare” was my “one word” a few years back (although I can’t, for the life of me, find that actual post, but HERE is a list of other “one words” through the years…which makes me realize I still need to do a post on my word for…
As I type, we are driving in the snow homeward bound, into the sunset. The sky is orange, waving goodbye to another year. A whole year of heartbreaks and disappointments, of successes and surprises. A year filled with masks and Covid, and also a year filled up with learning and growth. Sometimes we have to…