Reflections
When you look down into a pool of water, you see the reflection, but the murk distorts the picture. I sit in that spot this morning, as a friend has lost someone she dearly loves and honestly in her terrible circumstance, I don’t know how to reflect what God would...
Kids and Chores… How We Make it Work
Okay, raise of hands, how many of you have enthusiastically started a "chore list" with your kids only to have it fail 5 days in… (hand raised over here)! We have tried and failed, several times over the years to establish some sort of chore routine. We finally have...
Capturing Glimpses
If I want to have a relationship with my kids, I have to choose not to tune out when my immediate attention isn’t needed which can be difficult because as moms our care seems to be needed so often. As I sit working on my computer while my kids watch a Sunday night...
My True North
On dark nights as we sit on the porch at the cabin, things feel still and quiet, and the stars shine bright. Constellations change throughout the year, as proved true by my college astronomy project where we tracked them with a pencil on the back of a pizza box on an...
Kids and Chores… Why Put in the Effort?
Why is it so difficult to deal with kids and chores! I mean, back in the day kids literally woke up at dawn to feed the chickens. Why now does it seem like a form of punishment to have our children do a couple of routine everyday tasks?! Chores are a hard thing to...
Turn The Mirrors Around
Samantha took dance class this year, and when no one was peeking through the window, she would dance. During the Christmas show, as parents sat in chairs around the side of the room, she ran to my lap and hid her face, snuggling into my arms. This spring she returned...
More Than What You Do
Well done. So much more than the state of the burgers at the cabin this Memorial Day. Well done. If we are not careful, it can be what we live for, putting the majority of our efforts into what we are doing. It’s what we casually ask our friends when we haven’t seen...
How To Maintain Your Connection
My youngest wanted to try his bike without training wheels. It had been a long day and he needed to hear a “Yes,” so we headed outside to the field to give it a go. As Teddy’s eyes focused on the tree line ahead of him he started to pedal quickly, and he was doing it!...
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