With a title like that, I guess I could take this many directions.
For one, “forgetting what lies behind, but pressing on to what’s ahead.” (Phil. 3:13)
After all, it can be dangerous to always have your eyes in that mirror. Bumpers come up fast.
On the other hand, with five kids in the car, that mirror often became the eyes in the back of my head.
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Close-up of World’s Greatest Mom–Longing to Really Deserve the Trophy
I don’t think I’ve ever seen something so ugly.
At least as far as “dustables” go: Those trinkets you put on your shelf that just sit, collect dust, and look pretty?
Well, this one does the first two, but NOT that last.
No, this was something only a REALLY good friend would give you, knowing you’d laugh every time you saw it. Continue reading
When You Spoiled the Easter Egg Hunt (Photo Credit: Compilation of photos [w/o text] from Visual Hunt by St0rmz/CC BY-SA and -mtnoxx-/CC BY-NC)
I’ll never forget the look on her face.
I was five, and we were on a school field trip, an Easter party at a park.
So far it had been a fantastic morning. Continue reading
Stuck on The Draft
Ugghh! The draft.
Not the football one. Or the one that sends young men to war.
But the written one that sits for days, weeks, months, years, waiting to be finished. That lingers in your Word docs or your file cabinet or your WordPress admin labeled “draft,” waiting for you to hit the post button.
But somehow, something’s missing and you can’t figure out what. So it loiters, haunting you.
Will you ever get me done? Continue reading
Goin’ Fishing–Lessons in Parenting
Photo credit (w/o text): from Visual Hunt
Cisco Cotto said it one morning on Moody Radio Chicago:
“What if we showed as much patience at home as we do fishing?”
I’ll admit, I’ve not fished a lot.
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I wanted to be her Valentine
I wanted to be her Valentine.
A wonderful group of college peers had pulled together enough cash to let me fly home to see her. Back then, tickets were cheaper if you bought them 17 days in advance, so I counted my days and bought my ticket.
For Valentine’s Day.
Bags packed, I had a plan. My newlywed husband would drive me to school, we’d attend chapel, then he’d put me on a plane, and I’d surprise her as her Valentine. Or maybe she would be mine.
Ahhh…best laid plans and all of that… Continue reading
Can’t believe I did it—again.
For a person who loves to see words flow across the page, I sure get tripped up by the ones tumbling out of my mouth! Continue reading
Yes, we all know what the saying is supposed to be. For every door closed, there’s that opened window, right?
But what if there isn’t? Continue reading
Christ in the Storm
Jesus wept!
Not what you usually expect to read around Christmas. Or on New Year’s. But honestly, Christ didn’t leave His glorious heaven and come to this earth as a baby because this world was easy. Continue reading
Cold, cold, cold….
Cold!
Wind!
And of course, Snow! Yes, on May 16th!!!
Anyone else notice those are 4-letter words?
and “Polar Vortex”? Well, with a [p] and a [v] AND an [x], it sure looks like one of those #!$%^#* words, doesn’t it?
Truthfully, how is it that something we all look forward to in November — the first snowfall, that chilly snap in the air, snuggling in a bulky sweater or a comfy blanket, and a sparkling White Christmas — looks so dull and mundane and monotone by March?
By May? There just aren’t words to describe it. Continue reading