the fun things

We had the flu all weekend. It was the pits. And crawling out of the pits is kind of hard. Starting the week behind, feeling a little weak and sore, barely making it through Monday (acting quite the bear too! *sigh* Mommy is a grump when feeling ill), not having energy or patience for toddler […]

Culp Maternity Photos

This summer Nels and I enjoyed taking some family photos for a couple of friends of ours. We wanted to give them a gift and we wanted to gain a little experience in family photography. It was a blast! We learned that it takes a lot of time to do a photography session (before, during, after!) […]

I like…

Some fun things … 1) the runaway bunny i opted to fill kaya & hudson’s easter basket with books rather than candy this year. i bought this one on a whim and it has become a new favorite! if i’m going to read a book 48582939 times for kaya and another 9488503932 times for hudson, it’s […]

Friendship…and the Ugly Side of Love

He meant it as a joke, but I took it to heart. I accepted his apologies, knowing he truly meant them and there was no real malice in what he had said. He hadn’t known how fragile I was – how it took all my nerve to show him this portion of my heart. Then […]

Comfort & Counsel: Thoughts on Friendship from The Book of Job

In these opening weeks of my “Wisdom & Poetic Literature of the Old Testament” class we’ve been assigned to read through the book of Job and also a couple of chapters of commentary in different books. Although I’ve read the book of Job many times before, the Word of God is so rich and powerful. THE main […]