My friend Becky shared this quote with me this week:“My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, until I discovered the interruptions were my work.” ~~ Henri NouwenWow! If that doesn’t describe...
Last week when when I was reading Thriving Family Magazine, one article title caught my eye: Become Your Spouse’s Publicist. In the book world, a publicist is one who advertises and promotes books. It got me thinking…Do I more often give my...
Two months ago my son and daughter-in-law made a move to Chicago to allow Evan to pursue his dream to be a professional musician. His band, Emerson, is playing a showcase in Nashville, TN, next Tuesday evening: July 27, 2010 at 7pmThe Rutledge410 4th Ave...
“We need to face our fears as mothers not just because it’s good mental health but because our children are...
Two nights ago I hosted a girl’s night out at my house. We kicked the boys out (well, we were nice about it) and ate pizza, talked, played games, talked, made sundaes, talked….you get the picture!Every mom needs a community of women around her who...
I first wrote about our “one car season” in February here. While we borrowed a car for two of the past six months, our “one car season” wasn’t nearly as bad as we feared it would be. We found that we actually enjoyed being together...
When I wrote the book My Heart’s at Home, I wrote about 12 roles that home plays in our life. One of those roles is “Home as a Cultural Center.” Growing up our family had many international friendships. When we lived on the Indiana University campus...
As we were driving to church recently, we heard Renee Swope with the Proverbs 31 Radio Program refer to grace-giving in marriage as being similar to how cartilage protects the joints in our body. The cartilage in between joints keeps the bones from rubbing...
“Baking cookies is one way of saying, ‘Welcome home.’ It says, ‘You’re worth the time and trouble.’ It says, ‘Let’s share something...
Mark and I are tucked away from technology for the remainder of this week enjoying some time with our family. This will be a short post from my phone. We hiked today at Turkey Run State Park. I worked hard to be a “Yes Mom” when the boys wanted to climb...
