Through the Eyes of Hope

Through the Eyes of Hope

I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.                                                     I well remember them and my soul is downcast within me.                                                          Yet this I call to mind and...
Five Things ParentingTaught Me About Real Love-Day 1

Five Things ParentingTaught Me About Real Love-Day 1

In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other.  -Anne Morrow Lindbergh I thought I understood love–it’s complexity, depth, and...

French Toast and Jelly Beans

I’m awakened by the sound of my daughter’s voice, “I want French Toast, mama.” Through sleep-dimmed eyes, I notice she stands next to the bed–a peace-offering in her hands and a wide grin on her freckled face.  “I’ve brought...
Five Things ParentingTaught Me About Real Love-Day 1

On Laundry and Romance

They could be lyrics to a catchy jingle.                  Driver’s lessons, swim lessons,                  soccer practice, homework,                  Business trips, staff training,                  open house and PTO . Instead, they’re additions to...