Some days just require more of us than others. The day you take your kindergartner to school for the first time. The day you find out the dishwasher isn’t cleaning dishes, the car isn’t running, and the shampoo isn’t leaving your hair bouncy and full. The day you stand by your mother’s hospital bed and assure your dad she’s going… Read More
I don’t know if it is communicated in the timbre of the above title, but I just wrote a very snippy, whiny, negative blog post. It was not pretty. Then I deleted it. Consider yourself spared. I don’t often “hold my tongue.” Not nearly as often as I need to. In fact, I did already zip off one fairly snippy… Read More
She’s all smiles now, but it wasn’t always so. Once upon a time there was a little girl who was deathly afraid of characters. You read that right. She was afraid of any large, fluffy, walking character such as Chuck E. Cheeze, Mickey Mouse, Ronald McDonald, or even Snow White. My little girl would cry and pitch a… Read More
Jesus never does. He never lets you down. When you’re satisfied through and through with Him, you can always have the consistency of having One in your life who will never let you down. I’ve hinged my hopes on other people before. Some of them were and still are very loving, dependable, good-willed, good-intentioned, and good-hearted people. I hitched my… Read More
Have you ever felt like you were set free from something, but still not able to get up on your feet and walk on? Have you found yourself knowing the truth about a daunting situation, but still not able to operate with any degree of victory because you just can’t seem to move on? I think that’s where a lot… Read More
This is what hungry looks like on Heidi Montag. But we’re all hungry. So lest we get on our high horse and tromp all over Heidi, let’s admit that most of us have taken a wrong turn or two in our attempts to feed our hungry souls. I’m with George Stephanopoulos on this one (we agree so rarely, it’s worth… Read More