The rants on social media and the news seduce me to join in. Oh, how I want to add my rants! But rants are an enchanting siren that lures me to frustration, anger, and destruction. My prayer is to become a Raver- not a ranter. My heart cries- “Lord, make me a Raver- […]
There’s nothing quite so thrilling as Demolition! (unless you’re the one under demolition. 😉 ) [Tweet “Life under #construction is messy- Fear Not! Love holds the hammer. #restoration”] Noah & Sarah’s family bought a #house2home project. Family gathered! 🙂 Love rolled up its collective sleeves and got down to business! 😉 We […]
Life isn’t ALL treasure- Most of the time it’s hard and messy. A few months ago, we received a SURPRISING phone call. Jeff’s brother, Steve and his wife Allison, and son, Justin, got transferred and they’re moving to our neck of the woods after 20 years of living on the East Coast!  They flew in […]
Do you ever get depressed about dysfunctional or broken relationships? Death brings its unique depths of suffering. Have you ever “suffered” so much “loss” in this life, you think you’ll break into a million pieces if you lose just one more thing? I have. I woke up the other morning with a profound sense of […]
“If you don’t understand God’s hand of blessing- you can’t fully experience His heart of love.”
 The entrance of special needs, disabilities, or chronic challenges can suck the dreams right out of our lives. Maybe, even ignite a nightmare or two.   There are dreamers who dream unrealistic dreams— And then there are realists who close their eyes to all dreaming—  but I believe we need to ask our Great […]
Good Morning Treasure Hunters! I want to share a relentless Joy Spreader with you today! Better than spreading peanut butter and infinitely better than spreading a cold, Marie is on a mission to spread JOY Daily. Meet my sweet friend Marie Wikle- founder of Joy Corporation and author of Spreading Joy Daily! I’d like to […]
Cohen arrived this morning. “Hey Nana!” he shouted on his way to the refrigerator. He quickly announced. “Nana- I’m hungry for breakfast- real bad. I looked in your friderator and you’re out of milk for cereal!” (he had eaten first breakfast at home but was ready for second breakfast at Nana’s 🙂 ) Still enjoying […]
Bethany came home from Dazzlers with her yearly dance pictures. On the top of the photo sheet was her individual pose- on the bottom, the picture of the team- she is absent- missing- vamoose. Her daddy asked her, “Hey Beth, why aren’t you in the team picture? Where were you?” Immediately she covered her ears, […]
“Mom! I can’t find my Bible Verse in your phone Bible, Mom!” I looked at my screen and double checked. “What’s the Bible verse again, Bethie?” “Ephesians 2:8,9Â – It is by grace that you have been saved, through faith. It is a gift of God, not by works, so that no one […]
Dazzlers is the dance group Bethany has been privileged to be dancing in for the past seven years. A beautiful picture of inclusion, Dazzlers ends each session with joining hands in a large circle, praying and after the Amen- they spell- D-A-Z-Z-L-E-R-S. We might have missed the chance to be included. I expect inclusion […]
In the movie, “Facing the Giants”, we’re told there are 365 scriptures urging us to “Fear Not”– that’s 1 for every day of the year! But I can’t help wishing we could wake up each morning and audibly hear His voice, saying- “FEAR NOT. I’ve got everything under control.” As I’m sinking my roots down […]
Mankind is our Business  Life is a blessing- a gift from God. But when life gets overwhelming- it’s easy for me to wish, fixate, yearn for “the better Life ahead” you know, the one where all our troubles will be over, God will wipe away our tears & He will live with us and be […]
How many of us think about this truth every day? [Tweet “Our story is written daily- don’t get bogged down in a chapter you don’t like-“] we’re not at the end of the story- Yet! Happily Ever After isn’t something Disney movies and fairy tale books made up. They got their idea from the great […]
Bethany, Cohen & I love to eat subs at Subway. Funny, but we always seem to get the same person taking our orders, every time we go! He knows our orders from memory and loves to tease Cohen and Bethany as they give their orders. Today, he asked if they were going to be zombies […]