Ohhh the possibilities…
I have this really cool tablet, with a quote at the bottom of each page that you can tear off and tuck in a lunch box, or tie to a gift. My mom bought it for me on the sly, right when we were in the same store, and I have benefited from her sneakiness, because I absolutely adore it. And why wouldn't I, really? It provides a place to write words AND has words of wisdom included! Speaking my love language right there! I tore off the last page I'd used, to garner a fresh new sheet, when I glanced down to read the quote. I immediately cut it into strips and took a picture of it to throw out to the far reaches of the Inter-world. My first thought upon reading it, is that I wanted to...
The Stain
Have you ever worked to get a stain out of a piece of clothing, and, thinking it was completely gone, only discovered later that it wasn't? You know what I'm talking about. Maybe you treated a stain, pulled it out of the wash and couldn't find a trace of it, then, satisfied, threw it in the dryer. Then you pulled it back out, and there was the faint outline of the stain, right there in plain view. Or baby clothes. Your child has outgrown a batch of clothing, so you launder them and pack them away. Then, either you have another baby, or you pull them out to give away, and BAM. There is every last stain that you thought was gone forever, only to have resurfaced somehow, and now in a...
The Fortress
I stayed home from work yesterday, as I was supposed to have a doctor's appointment out here, and didn't have anything so pressing that would make driving downtown for half a day necessary. It was a sunny morning, and I cranked up my tunes and set about cleaning house. About an hour before I was to leave, I noticed that suddenly the house was very dark. I was back in the guest bathroom at the time, without the aid of the bank of windows that run the length of the back of my house, so I walked out to take a look. This is what I saw: I checked the weather radar, and we were right in line for a whopper of a storm with high winds, hail and flash-flooding. I battened down the hatches,...
Something Happened
Something happened yesterday. I woke up with Mother's Day posts from both of my girls, and my mom, on Facebook. Lovely pictures and words that filled up my tank, speaking my love language. I put up some pictures myself, about my mom, mother-in-law, and daughter, doing my best to reciprocate. Then I started reading my newsfeed. Wow. One after another, after another, after another...old and current pictures...sweet words of edification, extolling the praises of mothers everywhere, their children rising up to call them blessed. They remembered the good. They spoke life instead of death, and gratitude was in abundance. It was breathtaking. You know, I've been on social media for several...
His Words (on motherhood)
Happy Mother's Day! Every Sunday around here, it's about His Words instead of mine. If you've wondered what He's said about motherhood, read on. If you are looking for a Mother's Day post, and missed yesterday's, you'll find it here. She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.” Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who...