My Two Days at College – Day 1

 
      If you’ve been reading my blog with any regularity, you know I’ve had my share of adventures with handsome son #3 because of his knee injury in November.  Thanksgiving – 10 Reasons to Give Thanks   and  Tracks in the Snow    Yes, this is the same son to whom I recently repented for selling his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [...]

Bag Tag

 
          Blackbelt Oma  tagged me for this meme because she thinks it’s time for a little whimsey here.  She’s probably right, but I’m warning you, I’m a meme virgin.  I don’t know how to do all that tagging and linking and stuff so if I don’t get it right, you’re just gonna have to coach [...]

Inauguration Signs of Hope

 
        I am so excited about this inauguration!  If you’re thinking it’s because of how hopeful I am in our new President, it’s not.  But I’m not interested in bashing him either.  I’m excited about something entirely different.
        For eight years during the Clinton administration, I heard Christians bash Bill Clinton.  Then, a huge segment [...]

Basic Kindness – 101

 
    
          “Plain, old, basic kindness – it’s Christian Kindergarten!”  (In my head, I also added “…for Pete’s sake!”)  I said that in exasperation, just the other day.  Believing it with all my heart.
 
This morning in my devotions, God’s word seemed to prove me wrong.  According to II Peter 1:5-7, kindness does not appear to be [...]

Week of Extremes

 

 
The last few days have been ones of extremes… 
 
Extremely little sleep:  Late to bed.  Hero snored. 
Extremely early hour:  Up at 4:15 to get Handsome Son # 3 to hospital by 6 a.m. for surgery.  See Thanksgiving – 10 Reasons to Give Thanks      And ATracks in the Snow      
Extremely white knuckles:  Riding with Hero and said son [...]

Wanted – In-Law Stories

 

                What’s your in-law story?  I want to hear it! 
In my book for young women, “Secrets About Guys (that shouldn’t be secret),” I devote a chapter to nurturing healthy in-law relationships.  I posted an excerpt in my blog For Mothers of Boys – and Young Brides  and expanded on it here: For Mothers of Boys – [...]

Reading on Narnia Winter Nights

 
It was a brutal winter; our first, living in the country.  (Somewhere we still have a photo stashed away from back then, showing our outdoor thermometer registering nearly forty below zero, Fahrenheit).  There was snow, snow, and more snow.  For a month, because of broken underground pipes to our well, we were without running water.  [...]

Friday Feature

 
I am an explorer.  I love discovering new places in the blogging world.  Once in a while, I come across a treasure which absolutely compels me share it: 
 
 Meet Heart to Heart   The first time I read this Midwest Farmer’s writing, he had me laughing out loud, and wanting to send Christmas cards to a [...]

A Little Ninja Repentance

 
While raising our boys, and not being the perfect mom, there were times when I’d have to apologize.  Besides the fact that I knew I owed it to them, admitting my wrong and asking their forgiveness was my way of modeling repentance.  I wanted to teach them to take responsibility for their actions, to learn [...]

Big Milk Splat

 
 
Who would ever guess that a plastic, gallon jug of milk, when dropped from a level of three to four feet, could make such a spectacular splat?  Maybe the plastic was brittle from just coming in out of the cold.  I don’t know.  What I do know is it split open at the bottom, and milk gushed out, spreading a puddle [...]