February 20, 2025 Achoo! Oh no! They’re sick–again! I sighed, pushing my planner to the corner of the schoolroom table. There went my schedule, my goals, and our…
January 16, 2025 Being Unseen Jeff and I like to joke about an old Monte Python skit. Sometimes it’s tempting to practice the “Art of Not Being Seen.” Entering…
December 13, 2024 How Long? “My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the…
December 6, 2024 Stuff to Still “Be STILL and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10)….
November 29, 2024 I’ll Keep It! Last night I sat surrounded by the “fruit of my labor,” four adults aged 18-23, filling our plates with diverse expressions of creativity. This…
October 25, 2024 Lose the Weighty Yoke “Just relax!” My friend, Bill tells me in karate. I look at him, perplexed. This idea still doesn’t make sense even after eight years…
September 18, 2024 Those Babies Grow Fast! This month my son will reach a huge milestone. Kellen turns 18 on the 20th! It seems like I should be good at this…
September 6, 2024 Youth (This month my youngest becomes an adult. I am writing on parenting young adults. My timely five minute write prompt is the word YOUTH)…