“Be the door-keeper of your heart and mind- do not let any thought come into it without questioning it.” ~Evagrius Ponticus 3 Just this weekend, we took a mini-vacation to Kansas City, with our oldest daughter’s family- Sarah, Keith, Mari, Finley, Cohen, Sophie, and Cadence! Our days were filled with fun; swimming, exploring Science City, […]
I John 4:17 The Message God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day…..There is no […]
I am a Special Needs Parent- that makes me a Rope Walker. ~ Sometimes, just 1 THANG- (you know the word”thang”- it’s a gargantuan THING) breaks me down, open my floodgates and I begin to cry. I am a rope walker. When I look down I’m afraid of falling. How do I begin to explain […]
“Nana! Nana!” Finley and Amy came running back to the house from the church parking lot where they had been playing. Bethany was close behind with a guilty look on her face. “What Finley? What’s going on, Amy?” Wide-eyed and breathless, the girls told me Bethany had called 9-1-1 on her cell phone. I […]
Bethany and I really need your prayers this week and into the next. PLEASE. The smiling face above is not representative of our current situation 🙂 I know there will be treasure found in this leg of the journey- but we’re definitely not there yet! We’re facing the mountain of middle school. Yesterday, we went […]
? Have you ever wished you could hear- I mean with your ears HEAR God’s voice? [Tweet “God was not in the wind, or the earthquake, but in a still small #voice. #prayer “] I’ve never heard God’s audible voice but I’ve prayed I could, many times. I wish we could pick up the […]
God makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. Psalm 104:3 Grace and Inspiration have kept our home functioning since Jeff has been in Cuba, on a mission trip. I miss him terribly, but God’s helping me see the bigger picture- the eternal perspective- [Tweet “Sometimes we need to be […]
Mysterious are God’s ways and I love it when you find yourself right smack dab in the middle of a great “out take”. Scene 210,543 and ——- Action! Cohen, Finley, Amy, Bethany, Jeff and I went to lunch at Taco Bell to see our son, Micah, who is the General Manager. We were seated and […]
I saw a tweet by Rick Warren the other day that zapped me! 🙂 [Tweet “”It’s not that you don’t love God enough- the problem is you don’t realize how much He loves you!””] Did you know the average number of thoughts human brains think during their awake time: 52,000! (I think that’s a […]
Saige has $3732.50 Woohoo! and THANK YOU! THANK YOU! (and of course if you’d like to help round that up to $4000.00 🙂 Keep making donations at Saige- Reece’s Rainbow I just had to share my granddaughter, Finley’s, solution to the problem of orphans. 🙂 Don’t you just love the faith of children?! Perhaps, if […]
Jeff & I were raised in a small town (750 people 🙂 ) a beautiful Methodist church, rich with tradition and filled with saints I still admire. It’s glory was the fantastic stained glass windows. I always imagined I was the little lamb Jesus was carrying! [Tweet “Jesus is the Good #Shepherd. He #carries us […]
Three years ago this month, we said our “final” goodby to Grandma Marilyn, my dad’s second wife. I say “final” because we had many goodbyes along the way. We lost her memory by memory before she died. She had Alzheimers. Previously, I had firmly believed CANCER was the most devilish enemy; after watching my mom, […]
If there is one thing I’ve learned in 53 years of living….. I can’t do life alone. I need Jesus! I need Him every hour! I need Him every decision! I need Him to cope, to love more fully, to see more clearly, to be my filter of this polluted world. I need His fire […]
I’ve shared many stories of Bethany; lifting my cell phone to call a sibling, regularly texting everyone to see what they’re doing and when they’re coming over to see her, how she has everyone’s phone number memorized and has no problem navigating any phone she happens to find. So it made sense (in my limited […]
I actually had someone ask me the other day, “How’s your downs girl?” My downs girl?! MY DOWNS GIRL?!!!! I looked at them in stunned silence? Seriously, if you can’t remember her name, don’t ask- please! “Do you mean my DAUGHTER, Bethany?” They had the wisdom to look embarrassed. I don’t see downs syndrome, […]