It all started when I got an invitation to sign up to take a meal to a young couple who just had their first baby. Actually, this happens on a very regular basis at church these days. We’re definitely having a baby boom there. Thanks to another mom’s discovery, we use an internet based sign-up… Read More Gluten Free/Paleo Friday: Fajitas & Sprouted Black Beans
A trampoline brain break The days are so full. Yesterday, I went for a morning run, shopped for the week’s groceries, put them all away, emptied and re-filled the dishwasher, started preparing lunch, took a shower, read a couple of chapters from a missionary novel (Papau New Guinea Folopas) and a few chapters on American… Read More Full Days and Brain Breaks
What are your pet peeves? Seems like that’s a typical “ice-breaker” question in some settings. It’s similar to another get-to-know-you question: “What is your most embarrassing moment?” The problem is I’ve always had trouble coming up with an answer. But, I also have trouble coming up with answers to “What’s your favorite movie?” and “Who’s… Read More Shopping Carts and Scoffers
My husband just confronted me about something I said to my children recently. And for the record, this hardly ever happens, his correcting me or having issue with something I’ve said or done, that is. In fact, I’ve worried before that he was secretly harboring all kinds of ill will and complaints against me and… Read More I Dare Not Trust
Hi Mom and Dad ~ we’re having a great time at camp this week, and it would be even better if the camp pastor would stop photo-bombing us. He’s kind of weird. But even when he’s not photo-bombing, we sort photo-bomb ourselves with as many silly shots as possible. In fact, we may have forgotten… Read More Postcards From Camp
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
That was the “ice breaker” question. We went around the circle, introduced ourselves briefly, and then answered that question. A couple of the women wanted to skip answering (but we wouldn’t let them off that easy). Most had trouble coming up with even one man from their own life they could call “good.” Not one… Read More The Best Man You Know? (A Sad, But Hopeful Tale)
It seems like we have been scattered near and far this year, but today and for the rest of the summer everyone is at home, and it feels good. It’s not that I minded “the scattering.” Everyone in the Krum family had wonderful and necessary experiences off on their own, but it’s nice to be… Read More Everyone’s Home
As I write this, I’m imagining a delirious Cooper getting off an airplane after nearly 24 hours of total travel time ~ and all without an iPod, which is definitely some sort of world record. I woke up this morning praying that he would be energized and strengthened, not missing any detail of the incredible… Read More Growing and GOING: Right Before My Eyes
A month and a half almost since I’ve written here. Nothing totally tragic. No severe suffering. All are healthy and happy for the most part. Life is still hard, though ~ isn’t it? I don’t know if I’ve ever felt its heaviness, its burdens, and its challenges like I do right now. Oh, I know… Read More Highlights In Heaviness & Girly, Giggling Grace