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Beautiful Crazing

I believe we need to revamp the way we think about aging. A couple of weeks ago I came across a post by an actress who played in a...

The Sweet Spot

I stood there, hand on hip, perusing the volumes as my finger traced the title of each one. I had decided it was time, time to clear some...

The Great Exchange

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." - Mark 10:45 His Coming...

I'm Pretty Sure I was Born a "Martha"

Yep, I'm fairly certain I'm a Martha. Not my name, of course, but speaking in the biblical sense... as in Mary and Martha... I'm a dead...

The Not So Hidden Art

Thirty or so years ago I came across a book that breathed life into my new vocation as a stay-at-home mother and homeschooler. It was The...

All Is Not Lost

As you are well aware, at least if you live in South Texas, this summer was brutal! I don't have a particularly green thumb to begin...

Things Aren't Always As They Seem

Earlier this month I attended the funeral of my husband's cousin. She was a precious lady, close to twenty years our senior, but always...

Back Away... S-L-O-W-L-Y

I doubt I'd have made a good pioneer; although, when hard-pressed and out of options, who knows what one might accomplish-?! I've never...

Words

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." - Psalm 19:14 The...

Perspective (II)

perspective: n., per-spec-tive; the capacity to view things in their true relations or relative importance Today's post is going to be a...

Purpose

"pur-pose: (n) the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists" Oxford English Dictionary Purpose. It's...

Leaping Hasn't Always Been My Strong Suit

Do you remember that old Indiana Jones movie: The Last Crusade? There's a scene where Jones's father has been mortally wounded, and the...

Crowded Roots

We recently returned from our family vacation to Galveston. This year the whole crew was there. It was WONDERFUL! This place and time are...

The Beauty of Forgiveness

"He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities underfoot. Yes, Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the...

Tending Your Character House

"Train up a child in the way he should go,/Even when he is old he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6 Thursdays are my...

The Luxury of Old-fashioned Ways

I've been absent for a few weeks tending to things with family, namely, attending a sweet wedding and rejoicing in the birth of our...

A Mother's Greatest Superpower: Prayer

I always loved those variety type television shows where the host would interview kids and ask, "If you could have any superpower at all,...

Finding Ourselves in the Margins

I think Tom and I have become "those" people... you know the ones... those individuals who take leisurely strolls together, sit out at...

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