Every one of us has a fuel tank that needs three kinds of fuel: spiritual fuel, emotional fuel, and physical fuel. Spiritually, we need to be feeding on God’s word. We need to talk with Him. We need to do things that help us keep our eyes on Him. Right now...
“A good and strong marriage entails a lifelong project of adjusting and readjusting our attitudes.” ~ Les and Leslie Parrott
Thank you so much for your outpouring of love and encouragement concerning my recent cancer diagnosis. I couldn’t possibly respond to all of your emails and comments, but I read them…every single one of them, and I am humbled by your words and prayers....
I have some bad habits and laying my clothes on the bench at the foot of our bed is one of those. Mark is very kind and rarely addresses my pile of clothes, but even if they don’t bother him, they do bother me! Yet, I continue my bad habit nonetheless! So...
I know, I know…it’s not even Thanksgiving and I’m already talking about Christmas! I’m not usually one to jump the gun on Christmas, but I want to tell you about a book I’m reading by Liz Curtis Higgs! Liz was a speaker at a Hearts at...
“God doesn’t give you the people you want, He gives you the people you NEED – To help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be.” ...
Well in light of my post yesterday, I think that embracing “what is” instead of looking for “what isn’t” will most definitely define the holidays for me. Because I’ll likely be recovering from surgery the week before Christmas,...
Last week I heard those four words and my heart stopped. After an abnormal routine mammogram, followed by an abnormal sonogram, my doctor ordered a biopsy. I had the biopsy the Monday after the North Central Hearts at Home conference and less than 48 hours later, I...
Two years ago my family made two trips to help with tornado recovery in Joplin, Missouri. I saw devastation like never before. We spent our days collecting household items and important papers that had been strewn all over the city, hoping to somehow connect the item...
“God didn’t just give a little for us; He gave His best. He gave Himself.” ~Francis Chan
I’m tired. It’s a good tired. After a conference weekend like last weekend where I had the opportunity to spend the weekend with 2300 incredible moms, I’m a tad bit worn out. It’s a good worn out and I’m not complaining one bit. Just...
“Prayerless lives are powerless lives, while prayerful lives are powerful lives!” ~Beth Moore
Yesterday we were discussing home organization in our Professionalizing Motherhood book study on Facebook. It soon became obvious that home organization is a challenge for many of us moms. As a recovering messy myself, I have found one strategy that makes a HUGE...
Mark and I came from very different upbringings. This made for very different perspectives about many aspects of family life. It’s also set the stage for conflict. In the early years, we tried to find common ground when one of these differences arose, but that...
“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not....
