Overgrown

It has been the perfect summer. Weather wise it has been consistently hot and humid for a long, long time. It has rained almost exactly when we needed it to and my farmer is in his glory. For heaven’s sake, he had corn that was head high by the forth of July....

And then came Ryan..

I’d like to *really late* introduce the youngest member of our tribe. The one who was born a month after Mike’s knee surgery and four and a half months from this moment. To say that I am behind in posting about life’s events would render the same...

Purposeful Thinking

Have I mentioned patience isn’t my forte?If I have something to tell Mike, I want to tell him RIGHT now. And if I know that I should wait for an hour till he gets home and not bother him at work, then I could very well HAVE to remind myself to be patient every...

A Puritan Prayer

I’m sensing that God has a message for me this year. “IT IS NOT ALL ABOUT LEE.”This is a great prayer our pastor shared last year from Kay Warren’s book “Dangerous Surrender.” I’m mulling these words and trying to make them my...

Seventy Years

Last weekend I was in Texas visiting my family for my Dad’s 70th birthday. From the moment I got off the airplane (solo-Thank you so much to my mom in law-Karen and Mike for holding down the fort) it was a whirlwind of activity and surprises. One of the things...

Just Make It Quick.

Football in the snow-Broken NoseBasketball with Middle Schoolers-Broken NoseDodge Ball with Boy’s Club-Torn ACLI hearby declare youth ministry dangerous to my husband’s health. But if you spread those out over the 11 years we’ve gotten to work with...

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