I had something else planned for today, but it can wait. Today, I would like to ask you to take the time you would normally spend reading this post to pray for Addie Reese and her family. Addie Reese is the 7-year-old daughter of my friend Alexis. She fell from a tree on Saturday and cracked… [ read more ]

I like detailed directions. Extremely detailed. If you ever need directions to my house, I don’t just say turn left on this street and right on that one. Oh no. I include important information such as “Approximately 8/10 of a mile after you turn left you’ll come to a curve that makes you feel like… [ read more ]

I hate carpet for one reason. You can’t clean it. You can get most of the spots out. But they’ll come back. Because they weren’t ever really gone. And that’s why I love the hardwood floors in my house. Herds of small children can run around carrying cups of purple grape juice and I don’t… [ read more ]

Hosea 10:12~ Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. (ESV) I hesitated to post this today for two reasons. 1. It’s such a First World Problem. Are you familiar with this concept? The… [ read more ]

How intentional have you been lately? I’ve been hit-or-miss. Mostly miss. Which is a shame, since INTENTIONAL is my word for the year . As we discussed last week , there are a lot of areas in my life where I feel like I’m wandering. Housework, motherhood, writing, etc. And as we discussed, not all wandering is bad. Sometimes, wandering is the direct will of God. But… [ read more ]

I’m a wanderer.   I feel like I’m wandering in my own personal desert. Walking in circles. Retracing my steps. But never getting anywhere. I wander in my home. I had all the laundry caught up a few days ago. And I get to do it all over again today. I fixed supper last night.… [ read more ]

A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you how God had been revealing Himself to me —in everything from lost earrings to scheduling conflicts. I was thankful. I still am. But… Why is there always a but? But what happens when everything goes wrong? We don’t like to talk about that part. Because it isn’t pretty. Just a few days after that… [ read more ]

In the past few weeks, aside from all the usual amazing things He does (like keeping the earth traveling around the sun at precisely the correct angle to support life…you know…the usual), God has taken particular notice of me. I know He always notices. But in the past couple of weeks, He’s been obvious about it.… [ read more ]

First day of 1st grade Tomorrow is the first day of third grade for my sweet Emma, so I decided to revisit something I wrote two years ago—on the first day of first grade (isn’t there a Veggie Tales song in there?). **For those of you who might not know, Emma was born with Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome .… [ read more ]

Where do you live? I don’t mean geographically. I mean day-to-day. Hour-by-hour. Minute-by-minute. I’ve been thinking about this a lot, and I’ve come to this conclusion. I live in that murky place where fear and faith collide. You might not realize this, but I know a few things about fear. I’m not afraid of heights, spiders,… [ read more ]