Bible study and journaling
Parenting is hard! It requires so much more than simply feeding and clothing little people. To train your children, raise them with intention, takes a lot of work. And sometimes I am just not up to the task. The controlling part of me watches them, looking for mistakes that need to be corrected. The exhausted … Continue reading Roots: Keep You Strong
Driving to the Adirondack mountains presented me with many familiar sights. Winding roads, unique landmarks, no-name towns that stretch one after the other into the foothills that get dwarfed by the mountain range the farther you go. On this trip, I was more aware of it all. It had been years since I’d been back … Continue reading Roots: Flourish
Someone told me it was nearly impossible to kill it so I took the cactus home with me. And I killed it with my very brown thumb. It was either flood season or drought season for that poor plant. I swore off trying to grow things or even keep them alive. But when my family … Continue reading Abundantly More Patience
“My greatest delight is to make Him smile and my greatest fear is to make Him frown.” I’ve been “churched” from the time I was born. My family attended every service offered on the weekends and during the week. We participated in every activity and volunteered whenever there was a need. I learned the books … Continue reading Abundantly More Love
There’s a running joke between my husband and I that we have three little sweetie pies. Vera is a pecan pie, Eve is an apple pie, and Lia is a key lime pie. Because Lia is a little bit tangy. She is mostly sweet, but every now and then she gets sour. No one brings … Continue reading Abundantly More Kindness
