Watching our eight-month-old foster son learn how to be a human has been exciting, stressful, and very messy. I have been helping him figure out how to hold his bottle which means more laundry, baths, and cleaning of the couch on my end. We have been slowly introducing new baby foods into his diet and…
Many years ago, someone gave me a “starter” of Amish friendship bread. As I don’t cook, bake, or really do much of anything that falls under the “domestically gifted” category, I had never done this before. I remember holding that bag of goo and reading the instructions, learning that I had to do something to…
Have you ever noticed how many significant moments in the Bible happen on mountaintops? Abraham obeys God’s command to bring Isaac up a mountain as a sacrifice and shows himself faithful (Genesis 22). Moses receives the ten commandments twice on a mountain, and God allows him to view the Promised Land from the top (Exodus…
Sometimes when we step out in faith, an unexpected turn of events knocks us off our feet. I remember watching my one-year-old granddaughter as she took her first tottering steps. Using every ounce of strength, she pulled herself up and gripped the edge of the coffee table with her soft little hands. She moved one…
If your home is anything like mine, there’s plenty of hustle and bustle from one thing to the next–and noise–and piles. Some people call it chaos. Right now it’s just my reality. Make sure the kids are dressed for school. Feed the dogs. Put the basket of library books up high (so a certain dog…
In college, I ran through several majors. To be more explicit, I ran through seven majors. At one point, I was an elementary education major. But it turns out you can’t just think kids are cute and be a teacher. You have to like kids and want to educate them. I figured out rather quickly…