“Oh, I’m so glad she liked them! I’ve always sent little notes to the kids when they go to camp and I didn’t want Audrey to be left out.” I overheard this statement from Brandon while I was washing dishes and instantly felt the frustration well up. You see, the girls were at church camp, along with Audrey, a little friend of theirs. Every year our girls go to camp, I make sure that both Brandon and I write notes that the girls open each day of camp. Because this was Audrey’s first time at an overnight camp and she didn’t really know the rest of the kids, I wanted…
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Sneaky Weeds: How the Devil Trips Us Up
One of my favorite things about summer time is watching my flowers and plants grow. There is a strange satisfaction in watching something that I planted grow into something pretty or delicious. There is even more satisfaction when I get to cook my produce! Sometimes I’ll just go stand and look at my garden and just admire the progress. I would say I’d go out and water it, but we’ve had so much rain this summer, that I think I’ve only had to drag the water hose out there twice so far. There is one garden chore, though, that I particularly dread. Weeding. There is no easy way to weed…
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Grace In Life’s Messes: Hope for Blended Families
I want to take a few minutes to talk about something that is pretty close to my heart. I hesitate though, because I don’t know the answers the majority of the time. Most of the things I write about, I haven’t perfected and probably don’t do well; but I at least know what I’m supposed to do, how I’m supposed to act. But when it comes to this, I don’t know. And if I’m really honest, the fear of failure here is another reason that I hesitate to start this dialogue. A dialogue about step-parenting and blended families. It’s so rarely talked about, but so real life. There isn’t a…
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Am I Enough? Where To Find True ‘Enough-ness’
“Am I enough?” It’s something we all wonder at some point in life. Am I still enough to make my spouse happy? Or will I be enough to make a spouse happy someday? Am I a good enough parent to ensure my kids won’t end up on Jerry Springer one day? Am I enough at work to please my bosses and keep my income rolling in? Am I smart enough to get into that one school? Am I doing enough so that other people really know how much I care? Is my personality enough? Even with my mistakes I’ve made in the past, is what I can offer right now…
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Just Take A Step: Combatting Laziness
I don’t know if you remember the last article that I posted, but it was all about New Years Day. In that particular article, I talked about taking a word and claiming it over your 2019. I talked about praying over this word, and shaping all our actions and plans around this word. This word was intended to bring focus to our new year and avoid chaos. My word was ACTION, with the thought that I needed to execute plans I’d made, not plan more. But if you followed my writing at all, you’ve probably noticed a lack of writing since this article. And based on its content, it was…
