I look in their faces as they jump and yell and run,When a shadow of the past passes quietly.All full of today and who they have become,My love for …
half life
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned thirty-six this year. For me this year is unique. I came to Christ eighteen years ago. This is my half-way …
everyday mess
Our yard is full of mature Live Oak trees. Live Oaks don't just drop their leaves in the fall. Their leaves fall twice in the year, during spring …
shaved heads
When I was a teenager, one of my younger cousins, Michael, was diagnosed with leukemia. Like most cancer patients, he lost his hair during treatment. …
lifted hands
The loud beat and melodic sound of worship music was blaring around us. Five hundred college students were singing their hearts out to God like they …
my Lenten prayer
"I'll give up ice cream," one boy declares. "Or maybe my blanket..... No, ice cream. I don't think I could live without my blanket."Today I …
that’s so cliché
"I don't want to be a cliché," I tell him late one night after a hard day."What do you mean?" he asks."I don't want to be the wife who pesters her …
gifts in a parking lot
Boy 1 woke up with something on his mind."I had a dream about people who are poor. They only had a little soup, and were so hungry. Mom, I …
love is a battlefield
The babysitter arrived at 6:30. Boy 1 turned green suddenly. He felt horrible. Maybe we should stay home. Our romantic night was dissolving. A …
holy walls
The words, they sound like a truckload of bricks,Dropped in the lap, unexpected and unknown. What to build with these statements, fragments, and …
believing love
The doorbell rings repeatedly and three blonde heads with big blue eyes look through the glass door shouting, "We're home! We're home!". I open the …
well-known
We all have different limits. Some people can simply endure more than others. Nature trumps nurture unless we engage our wills.The Baby Lady is …