How to Live Life Well Many days I start out my upstairs window in my bedroom and watch the cars pass by. In that moment I am most likely, in the middle of the afternoon, folding clothes or ironing. I watch the cars drive up our street, over the hill, and on to more important things, I’m sure. Living life well is a nice phrase and all, but when I’m a mother of five with responsibilities and house, where do…
Begin Anew Reading Plan What does March mean for you? Maybe its just another month. March for me is the beginning of spring. Yes. I know spring is technically in April, but let me explain to you how three years ago during the month of March my life was flipped upside down. Begin anew. I stood at the airport, in a daze. I had flown into this airport dozens of times. With only three main gates, the Yeager Airport in…
Three Truths When Love is Hard Dear Mom, Loving our children is hard work. When love comes into our hearts we have in imagine of it happening suddenly. Falling in love with our children sometimes happens right away, but sometimes true love comes slow. One of the lessons I’ve learned from adoption is not one I would have predicted. NO matter how my children have been placed in my arms, whether in the OR with a blue curtain hiding the…
A Prayer for Love Even when I mess up – which is daily – I’m still loved. In the middle of a mess I’ve created, I am still loved. No amount of shame or guilt will keep me from His love. In fact, shame and guilt bring me to His love. As we recognize our sin, we can leave it behind and run to our Father. He is waiting, you know. Waiting to bring us back home. He is ready to bring us to…