As a little girl growing up in North Carolina, I used to like to watch our many families of gray squirrels as they scurried about burying nuts for the winter. I used to wonder how they would ever find all of those nuts when they got hungry. The truth? They don’t find them all! They… Read More Secrets of A Hoarder
We walk hand in hand, Tiny Daughter and I. Walk briskly to avoid the biting wind, our boots crunching on a layer of freshly fallen snow. Tiny Daughter is chattering about some change that she possesses, that she received from Small Son. How she wants to buy some chocolate for Brother “and for you, Mom.”… Read More Stories of Grace: Surrender
Today I’m sharing with you one of my very favourite quotes, that reflects where I want my heart to be. “Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say “do it again!” And the grown-up person does it again until he… Read More The Stuff Life is Made Of: Again (Five Minute Friday)
This post has been on my mind for a few months now. It all started with a book… A “21 Days To A More Disciplined Life” by Crystal Paine kind of book. Wherein I learned much about myself…good and bad. I learned that in some areas I am more disciplined that I thought I was. And in… Read More Lesson From A Mending Basket: The 7 Year Skirt
I have a “dream list” for 2013… It’s different from my one resolution, which I wrote about in this post. When it comes down to the practical, every day “I’d like to’s” of life, I have a few things I’d like to accomplish within the realm of God’s time and allowance. Putting my list “out there”… Read More Dream List for 2013
