It’s been a few weeks now, but I still want to brag about Kayla’s amazing accomplishment in her Classical Conversations homeschool program. She received tulips from her Daddy on the day of her achievement, and recently received the coveted Memory Master t-shirt, which is why I waited to post about it. Gotta show off the… Read More It’s My Blog, and I’ll Brag if I Want To…
Abby and Yarisa enjoying the summer sun! Been looking forward to this for a while now ~ hanging out with all of these lovely ladies and the young girls for whom they pour out their lives on a weekly basis. Ita leading worship. This year the retreat they’ve planned is called “Daddy’s Girl”, and we… Read More Recipe For My Weekend: Daddy’s Girl Retreat!
Well, it’s a week later, but I had to wait for all of his birthday presents to arrive in order to post properly about Coop’s 15th birthday. The FedEx man is making a daily stop at our house this week to drop off box after box from Nike.com. He requested the same gift as lat… Read More Baller, Nike Poster Boy, Clotheshorse (a.k.a. Cooper)
“How many loaves do you have?” He asked them. It was in response to their question: “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?” I think I’ve had the same sentiments in the last week and a half ~ Where WILL anyone be able to find… Read More Counting One Thousand Gifts ~ April
It was my age and my “title”, I think, that drew her to me about twelve years ago. I was the youngest, by many years, in our local Woman’s Club at the time, and a “pastor’s wife.” She seemed intrigued by my choices and life’s path. There was also the “Texas Connection”, which there often… Read More The Gifts of Cassie and Chuck
“I hadn’t known that joy meant dying. What did I think hard eucharisteo and the table of the Last Supper meant?” Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts, p. 179 +++ And He summoned the crowd with His disciples and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself, and take up… Read More Counting Gifts ~ Hard and Good
For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves groan within ourselves waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope,… Read More Sunday Snapshots
Don’t you love free sample days at Whole Foods? You could make a whole meal just browsing through the store ~ salads, cheeses, jams, chips, dips, chocolate, chili (even chili with chocolate), yogurt and gelato, too. It was on one of these free sample days that I discovered chia seeds. (Yes, the same ones used… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Chia Craze (Oatmeal, Mango, & Mason Jars, too)
Gifts nailed together was the Joy Dare prompt for Friday. 1. His hands and feet to the Cross 2. My rescue and redemption 3. My forgiveness and freedom Thankfully, these three things were nailed… Read More Holy Week Gifts
This may be one of my favorite weeks of the year ~ Holy Week. We had a wonderful time celebrating Christ in the Passover with our church family on Wednesday night, participated in the profound and somber walking of the large wooden cross through town this afternoon, and will head to church again tonight for… Read More Gluten Free GOOD Friday ~ Triple Chocolate Cake