In those first few weeks at home with a milk-drunk newborn in my arms, I Googled every little thing, hopping in and out of online parenting forums, desperate for an instruction manual. Is it normal for a baby to poop six times in one day? Does breastfeeding ever get easier? Underneath my nitty-gritty questions loomed…
I live in a small town in Missouri with one gas station, no stoplights, and only three restaurants. So, when I recently got the chance to choose anywhere I wanted to eat in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the United States, I was pretty excited about my options. I headed straight for Chinese food. It…
“To know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.” ~Charles Spurgeon Every year as part of our library board audit, I have to answer the question, “Have you committed any fraud with library funds?” Of course, I have not. Yet also of course, if I had, I wouldn’t admit it there, emblazoned on a…
Sometimes I read the Old Testament and find it difficult to relate to the characters. It’s easy to shake my head as I look at people’s choices made out of fear. I want to believe I would choose differently than Sarah, Rebekah, or Rachel. But, of course, that perspective assumes a few things. Most importantly,…
The first wagon train crossed the American west on what became known as the Oregon Trail over one hundred eighty years ago. In each state along the trail, signs of the immigrants’ passing are still visible. For the next few decades after those first intrepid pioneers set out, hundreds of thousands of wagons churned up…
Obviously, I love being a grandparent. As a little girl, I grew up dreaming about raising a big family and have seen those dreams come true. I always knew my children would be an enormous blessing, but what I didn’t know way back then was how amazing the second blessing would be when I became…