God has done such good things for me that I fully expected to walk into that transmission shop yesterday and the man tell me I […]
Transmission Ugly-tears
I cried about a transmission today. Like ugly-cry sobbing… On Friday, while my boys were driving to school, a line from the transmission to the […]
Christmas Magic
While talking about our upcoming family holiday gatherings, my twenty-one year old said, “Christmas just isn’t the same.” I knew immediately what he meant. He’s […]
They Are His
There’s a heavy feeling in the air in my little town today. A heaviness in the general spirit of the citizens. Police cars stationed strategically […]
Broken Down Truck
My oldest son came back from his summer job, took his truck the next day for an oil change and full tank of gas, and […]
Lessons from Fred
Back in the Winter some time, a cat showed up on my porch. It looked like it had lived eight of its nine lives. The […]
Mother’s Day Thoughts…
…from a sleep-deprived rambling mind. I remember the grandmother who raised me saying, “You’ll never know how much your heart can love till you have […]
“I don’t know how to wait”
Addi was ready for school earlier than usual and pestering me about when we could leave. I told her to go wait while I got […]
In the Meanwhile
Saturday. The in-between time. Jesus’ followers, family, and friends distraught, wondering if everything they thought true was a lie, feeling like hope was lost. Meanwhile, […]
The Final Passover Lamb
“They took branches of palm trees and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the […]