This past Monday was a beautiful day. It’s been so cold here, and the forecast was full-on sun and 80 degrees. It was also the last day off my husband and I would have alone together until summer’s over since the kiddos get out on Wednesday, so I had big plans of doing something all alone with him. And then ...
So….Mikel and I had 3 kids in 3-1/2 years. And then 8 years of chaos ensued. When our daughter was a year or two old, we decided to get away for a couple nights down in Hocking Hills. The whole trip should have taken 3’ish hours. Notice I said, “Should have…” We had just gotten a new GPS for Christmas ...
Why? What for? How come? Inquiring minds want to know. We all want to know why at some time or another. The word itself means finding the reason or purpose. If we can just understand why, we think it would help, even though it doesn’t actually change anything. It’s not really a bad question. Why? Maybe….if we just know why…..we ...
Have you ever just done something automatically? Without even thinking? There are things that I do automatically like breathing and blinking and turning my tea water on in the morning. I wish they would make an electric tea kettle with a timer on it so I could set it to turn on at a certain time in the morning like ...
I put myself through Bible School way, way, way back in 1991. I was only 21 years old without much experience doing anything other than working as a bank teller. So, that’s what I did. Let me tell you, the money was just rolling in (said with dripping sarcasm and eyes rolling). The first year was a struggle, paying rent and ...