This one wasn’t so much a surprise as a welcome, yet unexpected cherry on top of so much happiness already unfolding in our home. I…
Open hands
There are plenty of things I don’t understand in the Bible. Some are routine, “how did He do that?!” impossibilities that my brain can’t wrap…
Ten
I wasn’t there when he was born. Didn’t see him blow out the candles as he celebrated his first birthday. But from the moment I…
Serving
I rarely feel the size of our family quite as keenly as I do when sickness is afoot. This past month has given me plenty…
Freeze frame
My sons hate posing for photos. They loathe it. It’s been a long time in coming, this distaste, but it’s full blown now, and I…
Timing
God’s timing is a concept I don’t think I’ll ever understand. Months ago, feeling the call to travel again to Haiti and take my son,…
It’s worth it
I see you there, Momma. I see you sitting in your van outside the Super Walmart, with the WeeSing Bible cd playing just loud enough…
Someday
Someday, it will seem right. Someday, you will stand up from my table, stretch your legs, thank me for supper, maybe offer to throw a…
The road to Dayton
Last month, Mathaus and I traveled to Dayton, TN, to attend Bryan College‘s open house for homeschoolers. It’s the first college he’s shown an interest…
Brotherly love
It happens pretty much daily here. Walking by, I’ll catch a fragment of a conversation that brings my shoulders up around my ears. Because I…