OK – I’ve got to admit, I’ve never been a shopping lover. (Not that I can’t spend money with the best of them, as my husband might add! HA!) Much to my mother’s disappointment, more than an hour or two of shopping and I am about the crankiest person you will ever meet. It is totally […]
It doesn’t seem fair. I think I’ve been self-conscious and had to watch what I eat and work out since I was 10 years old. (Not that you would necessarily know that I work out and watch what I eat by looking at me!) I was probably 8 when my mom patiently explained to me that my […]
(found here) this has sooo been my struggle this week. ugh. i feel too tired to do things, then frustrated about things undone, or half-done. trying to let God set my priorities trying to be content with being less than perfect… …in my housekeeping, in my friendships & even in my own skin. trying to […]
“A good wife is Heaven’s last, best gift to man, his angel and minister of graces innumerable, his gem of many virtues; her voice his sweetest music, her smiles his brightest day, her kiss the guardian of his innocence, her arms the place of his safety, the balm of his health, the sure balsam of […]
There are days that I miss the butterflies and passion and newness of the beginnings of love. Some of that has to be fought for now – it doesn’t always flow so easily with bills to pay and diapers to change. There is richness here, though. And I think it is better than in the […]
I wanted to share with you a piece of correspondence between myself and a “Titus 2 mentor” in my life. I hope that this will be a blessing to you and an encouragement if you have or are facing similar things. The following is an edited “snippet” from a couple of e-mails… “I am enjoying […]
It’s hard to tell when exactly a person goes from being an infant to a baby, a baby to a toddler, a toddler to a child, etc. It has been a little over 2 years now that I’ve been married…and today I am wondering, “When did I go from being a girl to a woman? […]
Lately I find myself a bit surprised… Could it be I am enjoying the tasks God has called me to? The home He has given me? The life I didn’t choose? My favorite days are ones that feel full and blessed, and I am happy and fulfilled (mostly…I still have my pregnancy mood-swings and achey […]
Outside my window…the bright beginnings of a flower garden. Tulips reaching for the sun. It’s a brisk and windy morning. I am thankful for…the first flutters of the baby inside. The cheerful bright pink of azaleas and deep purple petunias. The beautiful, comforting Psalms. Kaya’s new book “Who Made The Morning?” – and time together […]
I love… – how he says I am so beautiful, even with baby inside…”a different kind of beautiful, but beautiful still.” And I try to believe the loving words (have I mentioned we’re expecting?). – how it may be the last-minute, thrown-together, what-do-we-have-for-supper meal, and he tells me its delicious. Just what he needed. – […]
