My 19-year-old daughter now buys her clothes at the likes of H&M or the Gap, but it seems like just yesterday that I used to outfit her in sweet dresses I had smocked and sewn. I took great pains with those dresses, and fortunately I had a little girl who wore them willingly and proudly. (Normally here I would insert… Read More
It was probably less than a year ago that I discovered Bono, the head of the rock band U2, is a devout Christian. I was amazed to hear U2 close one of their concerts with Yahweh and an absolutely beautiful musical rendition of Psalm 40 (on YouTube…I wasn’t there). But still I was skeptical. After all, they weren’t wearing the… Read More
I’m having a hard time focusing on the truth today. I know the truth. But truth isn’t as appealing as a lie, thus it’s hard to swallow. Until you bite into it, truth has no fragrance at all. Lies, on the other hand, smell like dinner’s almost done. When I was a young woman, a well-intentioned breakout speaker at a… Read More
I heard the other day from Dr. Oz that people who eat the same breakfast every morning are more likely to maintain their ideal weight than people who go scrounging for different things to eat every morning. Since I’m a lover of a wide variety of breakfast foods, I had a hard time swallowing that little fact. Still, I do… Read More
I loathe housework. At one time, I actually enjoyed it. I suppose those were the newlywed days and the newly-stay-at-home-mom days. But the newness has worn off…a long time ago. Now housework just feels like…work. But today as I pull out the broom and mop and dust cloth, I’m reminding myself of the value of a well tended home. Keeping… Read More
What does anxiety look like on you? On me, I know I’m anxious when I wake up in the morning and I feel like I’ve been working all night. And I probably have. I’ve probably been trying to work out whatever I’m anxious over through my dreams. But I also wake up tense, in a knot. A couple of years… Read More