Sometimes and idea is just an idea and sometimes it an idea with a bullet. A bullet speeds from a gun with intention Continue reading
Milestones
Important Moments in the life of our family.
Judah
It takes your breath away the first time you look into that tiny face that belongs to the child you brought home from the hospital all those years ago almost 25 now. Continue reading
Father’s Day Guest Blog: Tim Clements
In Joshua 4 the Lord directs the Priests to stack stones after they crossed the Jordan to signify to all the world the Lord’s greatness and what was accomplished at that place. It is the idea behind why we celebrate milestones in our home, there are no specific ways to declare a boy a man Continue reading
And Now the Spectaclar Six
I was all settled in on the plane holding Kelly Corrigan’s new book Glitter and Glue in my hands when the plane started to ascend into take-off and since this is not my favorite part of flying I closed my eyes and let my mind wander. I let my mind take me back to the conversation when Continue reading
Unfinished Business
I hate math, it has been a lifelong nemesis. It has been the insurmountable hurdle, the raging river to forge and the boulder in the road that kept blocking my way. I love words, phrases woven together to tell stories that teach, inspire and convict us to grow deep in the private places Continue reading
My Christmas Miracle
“You take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back on a journey of a 1,000 miles, you cry and you pray but you know at this pace you never will arrive…” Steven Curtis Chapman’s Finish What He Started Continue reading
A Little Tada Moment
It was Gray, lots of it inside and out in my world that very cold February day when my friend Michelle sent me a link, a link to contribute writing to a book that Renee Rongen was creating. A book with the artwork and the words of women, a collaborative effort led by a woman of tremendous humor and wisdom. Continue reading
Wedding Moments
This attempt at writing is sometimes overwhelming, to capture a significant event in a way that truly tells the story can be intimidating. I needed rest and time to consider it but it came to me this morning to write about last Saturday in the way it happened, in Moments…snapshots of relationship and connection happening all at once. Continue reading
Engaged!
I opened my email to find a note from Mychal requesting my help because he had decided it was time to make his beautiful brown eyed girl his Fiancé. I gasped and then my eyes filled with tears…even when you are anticipating it, it still takes your breath away…these precious milestones. Continue reading