I can’t tell you how excited I am about today’s guest poster! I “met” Tricia Goyer through The Better Mom, as we both contribute there. I have since started following her blog and reading her books and, guys, I’m hooked! I’m honored to have her here today – the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic sinking – sharing about how the …
Praying With Our Kids
One of the things I have spent a large portion of my time with Lord on my face begging for wisdom about is how to teach our kids to really love Him deeply, to follow hard after Him because of that love, and enter into an intimate, personal relationship with Him. I don’t want them to do things out of …
To My Pink Princess
I look at you today in your checked dress, big pink flower in your hair, lovely, huge smile on your face. Today, you are 5. In so many ways it seems as though you have been in our family from the beginning, and yet I can’t believe it’s already been 5 years since you made your grand appearance! You were …
Weary Mom {WINNER}
Thank you to everyone who entered my very first giveaway! I loved hearing from all of you! There were a total of 16 entries, and I used random.org to pick a random number. Our winner is: Commenter #10: Maria, who said, “My biggest need as a mama is energy and creativity.” Congratulations, Maria! I will email you at the address …
There Is a Love For You
To the young girl waiting for a daddy who’ll never come home. To the old man sitting alone in his living room, surrounded by the trappings of the woman he spent his life caring for. To the twenty-something full of the warm “elixir of life”, laughing with friends, but doubting on the inside. To the woman watching him walk out …
Sunrise of the Soul
This past year has been one of darkness in my heart. Heaviness. Weariness. Burden. There has been emotional unrest; sorrow without explanation. Not depression in the clinical sense, but a heaviness over me like a lead cloak. Weighing me down. An invisible iron fist laid firm upon my back. There has been physical malady. Headaches. Fatigue. Pain. Illness. Dizziness. The …
Hope for The Weary Mom Review and GIVEAWAY!!
***This giveaway is now closed*** Are you a mom? Or do you know a mom – Particularly one with kids still at home? Weary? Worn down? Need some encouragement and hope from other moms who’ve been there are there? I was so excited when I heard about the eBook Hope for the Weary Mom: Where God Meets You in Your …
Irish Rain {Repost}
I’m Reposting this today because the ideas in it have been reverberating in my mind and heart lately, so I wanted to share this again. I hope you enjoy. Mist floats in the air, creating a sheer curtain of sparkling droplets. Not a trace of breeze disturbs the magical suspension; it is a soft day. The cool, clean spray moistens …
The Gift
Thank you so much for your patience this past week as I’ve taken a bit of an unplanned break from blogging. Thank you, also, for you prayers for healing. He has answered, with a vengence. And so, when I saw today’s prompt for Five Minute Friday from The Gypsy Mama I knew it would be the prefect way to step …
Day of Tears
Some days are just a day of tears… Tears of gratitude for a life of blessings, health, love. Tears of heartbreak over goodbyes that should never have to be spoken. Tears of anger, fueled by the injustice of a cruel world bent on self-service. Tears of sorrow for friends walking valleys through which I cannot sojourn. Tears of fear…of wondering, …