Faith and Doubt
When Hospitality Means Leaving the House Messy
I learned something interesting quite by accident yesterday. We invited a family over for dinner who we had never met. They have three young children, just like ours. The same day I also needed to run our kids up to stay at the grandparents’ house for the weekend. That entailed some brief packing and then…
Read MoreThough the Fig Tree Should Not Blossom
My husband Scott was looking through his hard drive this morning and found this note he wrote 2 years ago, the day we learned that our fourth child was to be our second child with serious congenital heart defects. Now, looking back 2 years later, we can praise God for so many answered prayers, including…
Read MoreA Few Nuggets to Ponder
I remember as a child that my mom encouraged me to write them notes since I seemed freer to say what was on my mind that way. That hasn’t really changed since I’ve reached adulthood, though in certain settings I’m learning how to say things in a listenable way. But I think writing about what’s…
Read MoreDry
It has been over 2 weeks since I’ve written here. While I could legitimately say that I’ve been really busy trying to keep up with all the work of caring for our family, that would only be partially true. The rest of the story is that I am weary. Like everyone, our family has many…
Read MoreNine Years Ago Today
…I became a mother. Early the morning of February 26, 2000, I woke up and discovered the contractions I had been dreaming about were, in fact, real. And regular. And then my water broke, right there in our bedroom. About two hours later, after a beautiful natural childbirth, we held our firstborn daughter in our…
Read MoreSo Many Unrecognized Lasts
All last year, I followed the story of a little boy named Coleman who was battling spine cancer. His mother is adept at word pictures, writing the way he talks (he referred to cancer as “tancer” for example), and sharing the strength that she draws from God as they watched him deteriorate over the fall…
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