My son came home from his coach’s pitch baseball game glowing with pride and excitement – “I hit a home run, Mom!” Of course, a home run at this age is any ball that goes far into the outfield and doesn’t get back to the pitcher very quickly because of…
Read moreI was in the middle of Rumors of Water and sifted through a haystack for old posts in a book club online. I was three months late. I laughed and cried through the comments, wishing I had been on time. When Deidra challenged her blogger-friends to join the conversation about women…
Read moreAs I stood in the checkout line, waiting my turn, I noticed something about the woman checking those in my line out…she had a very disgruntled disposition about her. The man ahead of me asked her “how she was?” – she began to reveal the reason behind her disgruntled look…
Read more“……We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed and broken. We are perplexed, but we don’t give up and quit. We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going. Through suffering, these…
Read moreIt was a day of filling things up – empty things. The sugar bowl was empty when I found it with my black coffee. The sugar canister, the second place I looked, was empty too. The day required me to problem solve before I had my first cup…
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