It was a good thing both Kayla and Cooper had a full day of plans for Saturday, though we could have used their help, I suppose. Cooper went to Springfield to help out with Club Hope which is an outreach ministry to homeless kids and their families. Coop’s friend Cameron and his family started the… Read More Church and Brunch and Love and Lunch
Coop, Curtis, and A Photobombing Friend in Boston It was a very late night for a Monday, but it was worth it. Robert had to be in Boston for a North American Mission Board (NAMB) event, an it was one I didn’t want the kids to miss. Truthfully, I didn’t want to miss it either,… Read More Weekend, Wedding, Worship, Quiz & Woes
Starting our 14th year of homeschooling today. I can hardly believe my baby girl is in high school this year. Wasn’t she just beginning kindergarten? Wasn’t she just 3 years old and taking ballet class and afternoon naps and losing teeth? And completing her first “chapter book” ever? Oh, those were such milestones and proud… Read More Back to School 14.0 (And Back From Texas, Too)
Summer 2006 ~ Introducing my kids to heroes of the faith This picture. I have been searching high and low for it so that I could include it in this part of the story. I’ve had my kids searching high and low, too. I spent time in my 100 degree, newly insulated attic yesterday going… Read More The Saint on Strawberry Cove: Part 2
It was not surprising to me that this was her address when I saw the return label on her envelope about 14 years ago. #10 Strawberry Cove, Magnolia, Massachusetts. Of course that’s where she lives. It’s perfect. I couldn’t believe she had written me back. I reached out to Elisabeth Elliot, widow of Jim Elliot,… Read More The Saint on Strawberry Cove: Part 1
I’m writing from the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont (that’s really what it’s called!) where Robert and I arrived yesterday for a wedding. We are staying on a gorgeous lake and everywhere I look the only colors I see are green and blue ~ trees, mountains, water, sky. Truly beautiful. We returned home from our trip… Read More Girls’ Day Out in NYC
Me: How long have you been driving a cab? NYC Cabbie: Haven’t been driving a yellow cab for very long. I drove a stretch limo for many years before this. Me: Oooooooh! Driving the celebrities around, huh? NYC Cabbie: Yes, ma’am. I took Brooke Shields to her first prom, and I haven’t washed the cheek… Read More Cabbie Conversations
This experience and post should definitely be filed under “things you never thought you would do,” because spending three days in NYC for the purpose of going to Mercedes Benz Fashion Week is most certainly a thing I never thought I would do. Actually, I’m not sure I even knew the event existed, so it… Read More Gluten Free Friday ~ Prada and Paleo in NYC
Donwton Abbey had me dumbstruck and up later than I wanted to be last night. Actually, I sort of knew what was going to happen, because as I Googled around to see when season 4 would start, I ran across some pretty big spoilers, hints of tragedy. Wasn’t one big tragedy enough for one season?… Read More Adoption Grace {Lent Day #6}
I’m pretty sure it wan’t on my top ten list of favorite things to do when I was 12, and I know for certain that I absolutely refused to wear the hat and boots that my cowboy-hat-salesman father encouraged me to, but now going to the rodeo is something I look forward to when we’re… Read More Yankees and Ugandans at the Rodeo