I read in an article once, "Church is not the place for infertiles, on Mother's Day." The author went on to explain how painfully difficult Mother's Day at church can be for the one sitting in the pew who remains barren. Roses are given out in honor of all the Mother's at church. Some Mother's are awarded pies and cakes for having the most children, the youngest child or like ... Read More »
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A Merit Badge project that had all three of us crying
Our son is working on his Citizenship merit badge for Boy Scouts and so we had to attend a court case in our county. We met the Clerk of Court who was so nice to Mitchell and showed him around. He tried several court rooms before finding the one that he felt would be a good fit for us. He alerted the bailiff and court officials that we would be sitting in and there we sat on ... Read More »
Risking silly for the sake of sanity
Sometimes you just have to get your silly on and act nine years old again. That's what a friend and I did the other weekend. She's walking a very difficult road right now but has somehow (only the grace of God) maintained the ability to laugh and keep her focus on Jesus. I admire her for running to Jesus when it would be so much easier to throw up her hands and give up. We went ... Read More »
A lie we might be believing
It was early and still dark outside but I felt the tugging of the Spirit dragging my sleepy self out of bed. I turned in my Bible and read some, prayed and recalled the amazing events of the night before. God called a friend of mine to Himself through salvation. It was such a precious thing to witness. I still was on a high from it all and soaking up everything God was doing. ... Read More »
Risking intrusion
MLK Day in our community was observed by an outdoor service and reading of Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech on the City Hall steps. It was profound and sobering to hear these words. My heart still doesn't know what to make of some things. Like the fact that many people showed up but only our family and two other white people were there. One of which was the Mayor ... Read More »
Risking rejection in the first grade classroom
I had a happy childhood where I felt loved and accepted but sometimes I still worry about what others think of me. I long to retire that battle but it lingers. So when I agreed to be a lunch buddy for a first grader at a school where many underprivileged kids attend I started wondering if I'd done the right thing. What if she didn't like me? Didn't want me to be her ... Read More »
On Football
Notice the earbuds and the headphones in at the same time. It's because she was so tired but wanted to watch the football game with her Daddy - who happens to be extremely LOUD during the game. Bless her pea-pickin' heart. Love that girl and her loud Daddy. And although we wanted Auburn to win Randy said it was a fantastic game. I wouldn't know because I wasn't on the other ... Read More »
Horrifying Handbag Shopping Experience
It was supposed to be a fabulous day of picking out my long awaited and saved up for handbag. And I mean a nice handbag. I'm the kind of handbag girl that changes out her purse twice a year. Spring/Summer bag and a Fall/Winter bag and that's it. And usually it's a cute but cheap bag by 9 West or something like that however I've had the bug lately to get a nice purse. That's why ... Read More »