We bought an older home last year. There are lots of projects that need attention. So many, in fact, that we mostly ignore them until …
suffer with me
Today Mr. Fantastic and I are suffering. It won't last forever, hopefully we will be our usual selves in twelve hours or so. But, right now, my …
birth pangs
Romans 8:22-25 (the message):"All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. …
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. …
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 …
song of joy
I was feeling emptied and dragging by the end of the day. Books, papers, dirt, laundry, dishes and legos seem to be everywhere. Bedtime was tedious, …
