Lots of Coffee, lots of kids. It's a peaceful life.
Our friends from Anchorage leave today. The house has been a flurry of sounds and shoes and over-stimulated puppy. Clothes, bedding, and bodies spill forth from every corner.We have laughed uproariously and eaten very well, with evening meals that started at 7:00 and went on for hours. We have had as many heart-to-hearts as we could fit into the … [Read more...]
First off, I’d like to thank you for your much-appreciated prayers last evening. I had such a nice time getting together with this group of women, and I felt the presence of God throughout it all—from my needing to call my cousins for directions after my Mapquest printout failed me (my cousin Dave is amazing—he talked me through it saying things … [Read more...]
I have a love/hate relationship with the newspaper.On the one hand, I am fond of the comics and the movie reviews. On the other, I greatly dislike getting distracted by the gunk. Every day there is some new version of the mortal sins being committed: this man broke into a college dorm and did unprintable things; this woman had a nervous breakdown … [Read more...]
We laughed today.And we cried today.We went to the park with friends today and Angela picked a leaf.We took pictures today and one reminded me…Of a dear friend I’ve yet to meet.Today was not perfect but today was fully lived.Today was a taste of heaven.Ad Jesum per Mariam, … [Read more...]
And this is what I think.I think that some of you are probably rolling your eyes at the duration of my blogging sabbatical. If that’s the case, don’t read this post! Go away right now and come back in a month.I think that some of you—no, most of you—are very, very kind to have responded to yesterday’s pitiful mewing. Do you know what? Your prayers … [Read more...]
Subtitled: I’ll take my ice cream on the side.I know a gal who has a birthday today! She’s sweet, she’s Southern, and she has an excellent sense of humor.That’s why I “made” her this cake, you see.(That and the fact that I know that she loves Rednecks.)And I love her!Do stop by Jennie C’s and wish her a Happy Birthday. Have a beer and have a laugh; … [Read more...]
Have you received the latest issue of Faith & Family yet?I thought so!Could you go grab it for a minute? Thanks. I’ll wait right here.Now turn to page 57 and you will see…an article written by little old me! The name of the story is “God is Stronger than Cancer,” and it is about my dear friend Tina.I’ve written about my friend Tina before, once … [Read more...]
Margaret in Minnesota.I am a wife, a mother, and a would-be writer…and today is the second anniversary of this blog.(I wrote about why I started it here.)In honor of all the good that has come from starting this online journal—the friendships of the heart, the creative inspiration, the desire to be a better homemaker and home educator—I am … [Read more...]
Company came for dinner last night, which means I cleaned like a madwoman all afternoon. A half an hour before our guests were due to arrive, I ran upstairs to shower and change. (We always save ourselves for last, don’t we? It’s risky, but we do.)Angela, herself quite unassuming in a sundress and wind-whipped braids, came over to me once I’d … [Read more...]
Blessed be the name of God! The Family-Centered Learning conference was awesome!(my horrible cold notwithstanding)Admittedly, it wasn’t very Minnesota Nice of me to bring all those homegrown germs to Pennsylvania. Man! What are the odds? I’d been healthy as a horse all summer!Perhaps it was a portent of health issues to come when I looked out the … [Read more...]
