10 things I can’t live without

 Okay, this one is strictly tongue in cheek. I know I could live without all of these things, but would I really want to?
10. My sewing machine. My house would be completely empty without it. I have made curtains for just about every room in the house, two different bedding sets for our [...]

the first miracle?

We were beginning our Bible lesson for the day, and I told the boys we would be learning about the first miracle Jesus performed. My 5 year old shouted excitedly, “I know that story! That is the one where Jesus goes to a wedding and turns the water into tea!”

on turning seven

As I was tucking my oldest in bed and wishing him sweet dreams the night before his birthday, he said to me, “Mom, I don’t dream very much anymore.” I assured him that it was just a part of growing up, that as you grow you dream less and less. His little chin began to [...]

happy birthday

My oldest son turns seven today. I still can’t believe that… seven.
He’s quite a kid. He loves to invent things. He is my little engineer. His life ambition is to build a real, working, life size transformer. He’s been drawing plans for months. He’s always building something and he wants to know how everything works. I’ve [...]

can you find Jesus in rock music?

The other day I heard someone say, “I could never go to that church because they sing that disrespectful rock music.” I just nodded and bit my tongue. But my thought was, “disrespectful to who? God? Or you?”
If there is a verse somewhere in the Bible specifying which kind of worship music God prefers, I am certainly [...]

a love story

It was 1994. I was just 14 years old and a sophomore in high school. I had spent the last two years in a series of bad relationships, lasting anywhere from 3 days to 3 months (yes, I was dating when I was twelve). None of the guys involved were Christians, and to be honest, [...]

10 things I found under the couch today

I really had a lot of fun with the 10 things that are true in a house with all boys from last week, so I’ve decided to write a new “10 things” each Monday.  I have housework on my mind today, so here are the 10 things I found under the couch today:
10. One pop-up board book, Tails, minus [...]

spring, uh, break?

I just realized last week that when I was planning our school schedule, I had set this week aside for spring break. It crept up on me so suddenly, I had to wonder if I should really take the time off or not. We are really progressing along nicely through school, and remarkably, I haven’t [...]

a “moo” in the night

Last night, I was laying in bed, nearly asleep, and my husband says to me, “what was that?”
Me: huh?
Husband: Is somebody “mooing?”
Me: What? I didn’t hear anything.
Then I heard it… “Moooooo.”
Me: Oh, great.
I knew immediately what it was - the Little People farm in the baby’s room above my head. We had been playing with it earlier, [...]

dinner conversations

We were all sitting down to a dinner of Mexican Lasagna. Grant doesn’t care much for olives, and since the nutritional value of a handful of canned olives is insignificant, I let him pick them out and give them to his big brother. This time, the otherwise ordinary event had everyone at the table in stitches. [...]