Winner Update — and a prayer request …
some days, a girl needs her mama. though any parent knows that 2 is the age of independence, a sick babe becomes a lap babe all over again. would you pray for Sonya and sweet Livi today? Sonya is home from work tending a little girl with a low-grade fever and sinus...
7 Days of Heaven: Pregnant With Hope
there's an ol' saying -- one that your Paw Paw might have said -- that argues that "you can't be just a little bit pregnant." it's a statement against being lackadaisical or lukewarm.it's a call to exercise conviction, and its metaphor applies to many, many areas of...
on choosing to give thanks …
no doubt, by now you're stuffed to the gills with turkey and dressing. perhaps a poem would be just the thing to wash it all down? we're gratitude focused, and it's a choice -- as it always is.this first holiday has been hard, and when i tried to put...
what’s better than blogging?
Don't let the long face fool you -- the boy loves his Livi three letters: I R L. begging your patience this week as i pause posts here to enjoy time with my soul-friends in real life. miss livi and my Beckham have played long, he chasing her shadow with...
7 Days of Heaven: Fully Alive (Winner Update!)
photo credit here As I studied on how to introduce this week's topic on heaven, I kept smelling turkey. Thanksgiving turkey. Now, with the holiday only a week away, this might not surprise you.Most of us have plans to loosen our belts a bit next Thursday, to...
Winner — and a Hallelujah!
Before revealing today's giveaway winner -- a gift to all, via Youtube. A video that combines both the spirit of the Bane Bane Game and the attitude of worship in everyday places that we have pursued this week. When was the last time you heard the...
what dreams may come …
photo credit here last night wandering across a dreamscape of ordinary of cheerios strewn in carseats on the most ordinary drive around town on the most ordinary of running-errands, nothing-special days i found a treasure of skin warm of smile bright of son ...
7 Days of Heaven: Where the To-Do List is Only One Word
photo credit here i still can’t get over it. i know that i’ve already mentioned it here, but it hounds me, perpetually unsettling in its singularity amidst all former memories of funeral services. it just wasn’t right, what i saw. it didn’t add up, didn’t fit my...
a foretaste …
photo credit here"olivia extends her hands to me when she doesn't feel well or when she wants to just be close to me. she trusts that i will respond to her -- that i will take care of her every need. she has a complete understanding...
7 Days of Heaven: to become like children (Winner Update!)
the Pevensies enter Narnia in the film Prince Caspiani've always loved stories. ever since i was a little girl, dragging ragged copies of paperbacks around like a security blanket, books have been a way to escape: a source of both comfort and adventure. ...