It was the early hours of the morning when a faint whisper woke me up. “Mom, will you help me?” Standing by my side of the bed was my son, whispering just loud enough to wake me. He sleeps on the top bunk and his heavy bedding had fallen off. His small frame was too little to heave the bedding… Read More
While you are waiting
When I was in high school, denim overalls were the hottest fashion craze, and I wanted a pair. I still remember one Christmas morning, when I was about 16 years old, opening a box that contained a pair of stonewashed overalls from the GAP. I loved them so much. In fact one night I had a dream about them that… Read More
The Blessing of Obedience
In December of 2015 my husband and I felt God was leading our family in a new direction. We had lived in the same house in a small town for 9 years, but we felt God wanted us to move to a bigger city 2 ½ hours away. During this time I remember telling God all the reasons moving didn’t… Read More
Five Generations
Five generations. As I turned the old black and white photo over, those were the hand written words I saw on the back. It was the typical old picture with hard to distinguish features and poor composition, however, the subject matter was captivating to me. The image captured a line of four females and one little boy outside an old… Read More
The Beat Goes On and On
One of my favorite parts of the day is when our family gathers in our music room and we practice our current family songs. Every song we play is practiced in two different ways. One way is to pick the parts in the song that have problems and work them out until they can be played without difficulty. The second… Read More
The Church Lady
It was one of those mornings as I hobbled out of bed for church. My foot was aching from a running injury. I was running behind and in my haste to get the bread machine started, I knocked over a beautiful piece of ceramic pottery from our vacation in Hawaii. I stood in disbelief as I saw it laying broken… Read More
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