Category: Family
Series: The Things No One Warned Me About: Take One
When our oldest son told us he was leaving for Florida the day after his 18th birthday, I was stunned. The few days I had to prepare myself were not at all enough. I soon found myself standing …
What is Your “Thing”?
This morning I caught about 15 seconds of the news before I changed the channel. There was a person in her early 30s who wrote an article for a newspaper in New York about women and men and …
Friendship in Marriage
Friendship First: When I asked John what he thought the basis of our marriage was, he responded “We were friends first, and it grew from there.” In Genesis 2:18-24 Marriage is Gods idea. From the beginning of time, …
the Real Gifts of Christmas
If you are like me, then you spend countless hours making sure everyone you are getting a gift for gets what is suited for them….For some people giving a gift is a obligation, not a joyful moment of …
Crisis in Marraige
When planning for the inevitable crisis in life, we can do many things. We can plan for a fire with smoke detectors and insurance. We can plan for cars to be wrecked with auto insurance and liability insurance. …
Matthew 25:18-31
Matthew 25:18-31 My favorite passage that applies to a lot of things in my life. When you sign up to go on a mission’s trip, there is a list of Reasons to go Provided in the packet: Enhance …
Happy Anniversary Kids…
When two of our children got married in the same year, I thought I was going to go crazy…. There was so much to do, but mostly for me there was so much to keep organized. Our oldest …
9 minutes
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is hit the snooze. The second thing I do is pray for my husband. I know from the time I hit that button until it starts …
Prince Charming
For the past year our family has gathered in the living room to tune in to the show “Once Upon A TIme”. It has been a quiet hour of non stop fairy tale action- yet there is somthing …
Still all True…:)
Over the past few weeks, I have been doing a lot of reflecting. Lets face it, there has been a lot to reflect about. The Two oldest children got married. The youngest one entered High School. The third …