Every morning my dog waits patiently to be let outside for his morning explorations. When I open the back door, he can’t contain his excitement and virtually bursts out into the yard. He looks almost like a deer as he leaps to the fence to see if his doggy neighbor is outside. Then he jumps…
I am a gardener at heart. My mother taught me how to lovingly care for plants at a young age, and pruning and weeding became soothing to my soul as I became an adult. Every time I walk out my front door to check the mail or pull the trash can and recycling bin down…
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9 ESV) I am an Instagram junkie. I particularly enjoy scrolling through photos and videos of talented artists creating beautifully intricate watercolor paintings and calligraphy designs in their sketchbooks, canvases, or…
My six-year-old daughter is most definitely an introvert. After a full morning of Vacation Bible School with her self-proclaimed BFF this summer, she was perfectly content to hang out with me downstairs instead of playing Barbies upstairs with her guest and little sister. When I asked why she didn’t go upstairs with them, she told…
My fearless, four-year-old daughter was overtired. We were on round two of pool play for the day at my dad and stepmom’s new house, and she was happily jumping from a smaller elevated pool area down into their larger pool over and over again. This time, however, she forgot that she wasn’t wearing her float…
I will never forget the moment I walked in to find my mother had taken her last breath. I stopped in my tracks on the nursing home’s linoleum floor, asking my father, who was right behind me, “Is she dead?” Slowly, I backed away, up against the wall across from her bed, as I stared…