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
Happy Friday! I’m sitting here near a sunny window in a central Massachusetts Starbucks waiting for a beautiful young woman to meet me for coffee. It’s sort of a halfway point for each of us, and I’m remembering several other mid-way coffee dates I’ve had here. Life, walking with Christ, ministry….and boys (You know, the… Read More Gluten Free/Paleo Friday ~ Raspberry Dark Chocolate Muffins (& Summer Sanity)
Her complimentary Birthday Chocolate Dome at her favorite place to eat: PF Chang’s. This pretty girl turned 14 yesterday! She started the day with a trip to the gym at 7am. This was not her preferred wake up time, of course, but turning 14 means that you are now old enough to go to Planet… Read More 1 Birthday, 1 Bedridden & 5 Beach Bound
It happened while I was sitting in a Sunday morning worship service about 6 weeks ago. I don’t really know if it was the Holy Spirit, but it certainly seemed like it. The thought, or rather, the strong compelling notion just kept coming to me: Go and see Elisabeth. You need to go and see… Read More The Saints on Strawberry Cove: Part 3
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
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
Oddly enough, it was several several years ago in Vermont that I first paid any attention to you. My husband and I decided to take an afternoon off and drive an hour north on a beautiful summer afternoon. We ended up in a little cafe for iced coffee and cookies. They happened to be playing… Read More Dear Taylor Swift…
About four years ago I was talking on the phone with a friend, sharing my then deep struggle with depression, weariness, and general malaise. It was a difficult time for me. It’s not that those emotions were totally foreign to my overall melancholic tendencies and personality (Is this why my name shares so many letters… Read More Dream Come True 2
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)