When it hurts
I can’t paint this time, this season, pretty. With one phone call came a rush of emotions that left me, literally, heaving. People you love aren’t supposed to leave. “Love never quits.” Especially when they are the ones who walked hand in hand with you along the most uneven paths. Through times that life didn’t make sense and my original...
Breathe Here
These are the times of sheer back to school, new activities, and harvest business. No moments for sitting and pondering. No extra seconds for planning and studying. This is one load of laundry to the next, clothes in baskets, car tank always at a quarter full, dropping off, picking up, making lunches and dinner, nursing back to school...
Looking for every open window
A couple of nights ago I was riding in the backseat with Gabi. I can’t remember for the life of me how the conversation got started but out of what seemed like the clear blue, Gabi started to talk. She said, “Mama, I prayed and I asked Jesus to come into my heart and be my Savwer.”Me: “You did? That is wonderful,...

