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SHARING SOME THOUGHTS ON ROMANCE
SHARING SOME THOUGHTS ON ROMANCE I’ve been learning a lot about love lately. Loving my children well. Loving my friends well. Loving my family well. Loving my Lord the best. And especially how the Lord loves me. When I was looking up verses on love, it was amazing how many times God uses the word…
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Where Did She Go?
My daughter Elizabeth was complaining the other night at bedtime about a bunch of stuff. I said, “Let’s pray about it. To which she replied with a wail, “But that never works! I pray and God doesn’t answer.” Oh dear! I thought. I put my hand gently on her forehead and rubbed her eyebrow with…
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All You Need to Do is Just…
Recently one of my dearest friends called to tell me she had my next blog topic. She’d been at a women’s Bible study where they were discussing their crazy busy lives. After the moms in the group had lamented their situations, one of the ladies shared her “simple” solution which began with the phrase, “All…
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Single Parenting by THE BOOK
Recently a sweet friend gave me a parenting book. Thankfully I’m at a good place to receive it…I know I’m in over my head! Single parenting five children is daunting, difficult, and downright exhausting. There was a time when I’d have been appalled that someone thought I might need any professional assistance with my parenting. …
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Pulling Weeds
I’ve been pulling weeds a lot lately…so much so that I have dreams about pulling large weeds out of my lawn. I kid you not. I see their long tentacles grasping the life out of my sweet little grass and I must pull! Apparently it is a cathartic exercise for me because I can really get carried away with my war…
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Bedtime Prayers
Okay. Seriously when did bedtime go from a sweet time of books, prayers and song…to wailing and gnashing of teeth??? I can’t remember when the change happened this summer, but happen it did. Summer is just the worst. Last night my youngest daughters where unwilling to consider bed… “Why is it light outside? Surely that…
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Sticky, Dusty and a Little Bit Crazy
I’ve always said that the adjective that best describes my house is “sticky” – not the most sought after description I know. But today, I feel like I might actually be living in the bottom of an old cracker box…full of crumbs and cracker dust. Seriously, everywhere I look is a preponderance of dust. Not sure what changed…
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Strong Arms
Sitting by the sideline of my son’s soccer game, I had an interesting halftime conversation. Another single mom friend and I were talking about how we miss being hugged, maybe I should say held. I’m blessed to have many friends who will give me loving hugs. But there is a big difference between sweet friends…
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A Cavity, A Concern and A Change
Why is it that a cavity in one of my children’s teeth is such a blow to my mommy self esteem? I even prayed the dentist wouldn’t think I was a terrible parent because of it. Really?!? I worry too much about stupid stuff. Now I’m worried that I’ve offended someone because I used the…
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