Valentine's Day is coming. Maybe you think it is the best holiday ever and you relish the chance to eat chocolate unabashedly. Maybe you (like my …
the heart and the bottle
This is the new book on my list of favorite fiction books. The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers. I swooned when I read it.It is very …
eight years is like a day
At some point in the past eight years, I blinked one time too many andthisbecame thisBirthdays are supposed to be all about the person who is turning …
Silver and Gold
Mirror, mirror, tell me now,If and when and why and how;This life became centered on me,On mine and ours and us and we.Saved by His love for what I …
the selfish parent
Boy 2 was caught in the in-between yesterday at the Y. Two months too young for the room for bigger kids, and bored in the room with little people. …
What This Year Was All About
2011 was our first full year back in Austin, and therefore was my first full year as a pastor's wife. We began the year with buying an old house with …
what Christmas does
For eight hours the first day, we drive. Fields and farms, towns and buildings, scenes of life slide by us as we gaze out the windows of our van. …
The Yellow House
Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in …
a fire for christmas
Last night we had out first fire in our fireplace. Mr. Fantastic kindled a lovely flame that made everything in the house seem more... special. The …
end times are for families
Well, this is Thanksgiving. It's the holiday with all the wonderful things I love: good food, time off with family and time for remembering that our …
Antonia
I was doing abs in the gym when I saw her. An elderly woman, with beautiful black hair and almond-shaped eyes, straining to maneuver from one place …
Maybe Christmas
Today their little hands are taking the left-over candy from their Harvest Fest fun and making a calendar. Forty-six candies to represent the …