The Truth about Dogs
I am having a morning where I am overcome with love for my dog. I have a few friends who are not "dog people", so I'm certain they will not understand. However, there is something that the little guy does to my heart that I almost can't explain. I grew up with A dog (for a brief period, two dogs) that lived OUTSIDE. My mother is asthmatic, so animals living in the house was out of the question. I never really thought anything about it until I met Kevin. He grew up in the country with quite a menagerie of pets and we began our married life with a cat, quickly joined by a dog, then, later, another dog, and so on...you get the picture. In fact, by the time Maddie was in preschool, her class...
For the Young Mommies
I just read the latest post on a friend's blog, about her oldest child's early ventures into kindergarten. I love reading her thoughts because, like me, she has two girls and, like I did, she stays home with them. It brings back a lot of memories. Earlier this week, I also became a part of the Christian Women Online (CWO) Blog Ring. I've enjoyed perusing those blogs, and have found so many stories of young moms, like Amy, that are in the throes of raising their young families. I so remember being in that place where potty-training seems like an impossible hurdle (and you find yourself wondering if they make diapers big enough for 2nd graders or if Depends will come out with a...
Clouds of Cotton Candy
They were walking to their seats at the circus, father and daughter, hand-in-hand past the clowns and the animals and the general chaos of a circus tent. He surprised her when he stopped at the cotton candy stand and pulled out his wallet. "Do I get to have some of that?", the little girl asked as she held tightly to his hand. "It's so pretty and pink and fluffy, just the color of my princess room at home!", she said in awe."Yes, sweetie...I don't think you can visit the circus without trying the cotton candy! And you're right - it is the same color as your room and looks to be just about as sweet as you are! Certainly fit for my little princess!", her father answered as he paid the vendor...
Psalm 23
This is SO cute!
A Man of His Word
I have a devotional journal called "Streams in the Desert". The original text was published in 1925, a collection of thoughts and inspirations collected by a missionary to Japan and China as an additional means of sustenance during hard years. Sometimes the language is very "King James" in nature, but oh so profound! What I read this morning really moved me.When a shipwright builds a vessel, does he build it to keep it in the stocks? Nay, he builds it for the sea and the storm. When he was making it, he thought of tempests and hurricanes; if he did not, he was a poor shipbuilder.When God made thee a believer, He meant to try thee; and when He gave thee promises, and bade thee trust them,...