: Life is hard. God is good. We need each other.
All parents have their own arena of parenting fears. When my boys were young, my fears tended to surround them being taken or harmed. Fears can paralyze us, can’t they?
One night, I tip-toed in to my boys’ room, tucked them in, brushing the hair out of their faces as they peacefully slept in their footed jammies. I sat down on the floor of their room to pray over them. As I sat there, I began to hear God’s voice asking me if I would trust my boys with Him. Would I give Him my boys?
Hello friends.
I’m interrupting the regularly scheduled post to ask for your prayers today.
My husband’s grandpa has gone missing. He is 88 years old and hasn’t been seen since Monday afternoon. This is really the kind of thing that just doesn’t happen to you. It happens in movies. Or possibly to other people….on Dateline.
Honey and lemon. What could be wrong with that? I discovered this magical elixir last winter, and then kind of forgot it over the warmer months. But as the chill spread this year, it all came back to me.
The perfect hot drink for a cold winter night. Soothing when you’re beginning to feel under the weather. No caffeine like coffee or tea, so it’s just right for an evening sip.
Is anyone else crazy thankful that social media didn’t exist when you were young? I embarrassed myself perfectly well the old-fashioned way, thank you very much: Locally.
The advent of social media has taken normal teenage angst, the awkwardness of youth, and the misinformed (but oh-so-passionate) pleas of young adulthood and turned them into international news.
And in an amazing turn of manipulation, these young people have been convinced that this is a good thing! Remarkable. Continue Reading
It’s my birthday today and I’m sharing some fun and light reading I’ve been doing.
Here’s what I’ve been reading:
In an effort to achieve my goal of growing my blog and shrinking my body, I’ve decided I really need to move more. Deciding and doing are miles apart, though, aren’t they? Blogging naturally involves a lot of sitting at the computer. Without reminders to get up and move, I get in the ‘zone’ and hours have passed.
Enter: Reminders!