And the thought that keeps running through my mind this 22nd Anniversary is the vow that we made before God and man to love each other in sickness and in health. There's a natural assumption that the "in sickness" will come later in life with the exception of general minor sickness along the way. I don't consider myself to be a "sickly" person by any means but when I ... Read More »
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Anti-Bullying Conversations at Home
Bullying is a serious thing no matter what type of environment our kids are in - homeschool, Christian school, public school. If they live in this world and you let them out of the house they will experience bullying in some fashion - either personally or around them. It's not always easy to know what to do in those situations. It will help our kids to have thought through and ... Read More »
Observations of an older woman
I love my Mom and she loves me but even in our close relationship things like this come out of our mouth: Me: Mom, you aren't making any sense! Mom: Well, you aren't making any understanding. Followed with an eruption of laughter from both sides. After spending 6 weeks together interrupted by only a few days here and there I learned some things about my Mom. She has a ... Read More »
What’s been going on….
So this is where my family has been for the last two weeks....... Randy and Sophie were at Woodlands Camp the first week. Randy spoke and Sophie was a first year overnight camper with one of her good friends from school. They had a BLAST! The second week they were here........ Destin, Florida with my side of the family. We thought it was best for me not to travel ... Read More »
Loving our neighbors of different lifestyles
A friend recently asked us, "My neighbors are gay, how do I respond to them?" Her concern was loving them and showing them the love of Jesus without sending a message that she condones their lifestyle. So how do you love your gay neighbor? Hesitantly? Conditionally? With lots of up front statements of our beliefs on sexuality? No, I don't think so. I believe we are called ... Read More »
Putting into practice “soul talk”
Our weekend was a great one topped off by me getting to go to church Sunday morning. Oh how I missed being there these last 7 weeks so it felt wonderful to sing and worship with my church family. The next morning we sent Sophie off to overnight camp and had a great day at home. Monday night I went to bed and out of NOWHERE I started feeling weird. Panicky. Just all around ... Read More »
Helping our kids navigate social media
Our teenage son is wanting to have his own Youtube account so he can upload videos. He has no other personal social media outlet at this point because I'm a nazi Mom when it comes to protecting my kids online. I've seen too many families and kids hurt by the crap that's out there. Addictions started by accidentally discovering porn and major self image issues because of ... Read More »
Learning to trust God in deeper ways – not always getting right but He’s patient with me.
Randy and I went to my Dr's appt. on Friday expecting to check in with my Orthopedic Dr. for the first time since surgery and then go home. Little did we know I'd be getting my cast off. We were told it could be 6-8 weeks. So it was an amazing feeling to have it come off but it was also suprisingly hard. Like I held it together for a really long time in the Dr's office but as ... Read More »