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A Time For Silence

A Time To Be Silent

There is a major highway in Houston called the Sam Houston Parkway.  It’s a giant loop that goes all the way around the city.  Seriously, it’s gigantic. On a map, the highway looks like a rounded square with downtown Houston in the very center.  Nice and neat and symmetrical.  But zoom in to real life […] Read more…

My kid doesn't like going to church

My Kid Doesn’t Like Going To Church

I have this precious, lovable, teachable 5-year-old. He loves outer space. He loves bad weather. He loves to draw. He loves the great hero stories of the Bible. But he does not like going to church. Every Sunday it’s the same old song.  Actually, let’s back up a bit.  Every Saturday it’s the same old […] Read more…

Feathers

The Mother Who Molts

Something is changing, and it feels big. I’m pretty sure that I’m feeling that painful suction and pull that comes from the leaving of one season of life and the entering into the next one.  It’s kind of like molting.  A little messy, a little embarrassing, a little painful even…but it’s necessary for growth and […] Read more…

Fun Ways To Use Sidewalk Chalk

10 Fun Ways To Use Sidewalk Chalk

Occasionally, a moment arises when the big kids are done with their school work, the babies are napping, a meal is bubbling away in the crock pot, and the weather outside is perfect. It’s occasional, but it does happen.  🙂 If and when that golden opportunity with your big kids shows itself, I recommend spending some time together outside on […] Read more…

He Gives And Takes Away

He Gives And Takes Away

The Lord is my Giver of life, and of joy, and of salvation, and of all good things. Everything that has even a hint of Heaven in it springs from his deep, deep well of kindness. Most of His kindnesses go unnoticed…the beautiful details and comforts in my life are so abounding that I, incredibly, am […] Read more…

2016

2016, And A Few Of Its Lessons

You know it…I know it…the whole world knows it:  2016 was hard…and weird. 2016 made me wish that I lived in any other time other than this one…that there was somewhere perfectly safe and happy that my family and I could sneak off to.  2016 made me long for Heaven. But I am not in Heaven…yet.  I […] Read more…

strands of acorn garland

Easy & Versatile DIY Acorn Garland

We have an oak tree in the front yard that makes THE BEST acorns.  They are big and fat and they all have those little “hats.” It’s like Pinterest is raining down crafty opportunities in my front yard. I’ve been gathering the acorns for weeks now…buckets of them…all in anticipation of making my very own acorn […] Read more…

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