On the first Saturday of each month bloggers meet to share their latest and greatest blog posts. This month we’re featuring posts from November 2009. Thanks to Elizabeth Esther for hosting this! I linked to my post “Simple Is Good” because the struggle to keep balance and remember what’s really important as we raise…

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Silent night, holy night. All is calm. All is bright, round yon’ virgin, mother and child — holy infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace! Sleep in heavenly peace. How many times have I sung this as one long string of words with no meaning? This year, I am trying to see, to…

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This coming February, I’ll have been walking the difficult road called “Mother of a Special Needs Child” for ten years. I wish I could say that I’ve walked, even danced, joyfully with God the entire way. More often, I would get angry or sulk. And there’s the one time I punched a wall. When I’m…

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This Sunday, I’d like to share part of a message Scott and I listened to this week while we were traveling from one family gathering to another. It’s a sermon preached by John Piper on John 6:27-40, entitled “Behold, Believe, Be Raised.” If you click the link, you can either read or listen to it. …

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Section 2: Outings with Children Paragraph 8 If you dash out of the house for what you believe to be a quick trip and thus decide not to bring (a) diapers and wipes, (b) bottle or sippee cup, or (c) change of clothes down to the socks, you will almost immediately find yourself facing (a)…

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This month, as I’ve written my memories of Elli’s first weeks with us, nearly ten years ago, I’ve been amazed again at the kindness shown to us during those terrifying and tenuous weeks. On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for so many things, but I’m especially thankful for the way God has used people to…

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