Last Saturday, I placed my little boy on a mighty stead. And then, basically, I just let him go. Fortunately, he came back to me. Fortunately, he survived. Though, as you can see, he had to hang on for dear life. Two days before that, I strapped myself—willingly—into a rocket ship-type contraption and was flung into space at lightning … [Read more...]
Mars and Venus
The Chore Chart Edition I’ll have an actual post up in an hour or so (I know! Can you believe it?) but meanwhile, here’s a cartoon that my husband sent me, inexplicably right after we’d had a “discussion” concerning household chores and their assignment. You know that there’s grace working hard in one’s marriage when you can have such … [Read more...]
Pretty Happy Funny Real
The Sometimes-My-Teenaged-Son-Makes-Me-Cry EditionAlternately Titled: Independence Day {pretty}My son rode his bike to WalMart yesterday and when he returned, he brought me a treat.Pretty, no?I admired it for approximately 3.5 minutes and then moved on to other senses.{happy}My son (and his brother) have been keeping us very busy this summer. For … [Read more...]
Midpoint
The Laetare Sunday EditionMy Lent has been wonderfully fruitful so far. I am growing spiritually by leaps and bounds.April Fool’s!I wish I could say that it’s been easy. I wish I could say that I feel strong.When I decided to set my blog aside for Lent, I meant just that—my blog. Unfortunately my 11-year-old son (surely the most literal of human … [Read more...]
The Best Saved for Last
Do you ever get worn down by some of the stuff that you read online? I know I do.That is why it cheered me NO end when my 10-year-old daughter--without my asking, no less!--transferred our family shopping list from the kitchen dry erase board to my notepad.She transcribed the list as such:Things We Needrice cerealbrown sugarcider vinegarwipesglue … [Read more...]
Just a Small Town Girl
Some think that life is like a box of chocolates. It’s not a bad metaphor, really, but as for me…I see it more as a great big puzzle.It’s our job to make the pieces fit together—to make sense of them, to rearrange them constantly—and to persevere until we see the big picture, which, depending on the day and the light and our faith......may not be … [Read more...]
