This week, whew. One of those weeks at work, you know? I gave a test and thought I would run out of red ink before I was done grading them. Sent me into a spin trying to figure out if the problem was me or the students? Were they not working hard enough? Was I…
If you’ve been hanging out with a 4-year-old little boy after school, you hear a lot about his rock collection and about fighting bad guys. You might start reading the Bible like this… Guess what. There were these bad guys, and they wanted to make sure their enemy was in the ground, so they closed…
I watched her grow up, but over the Christmas break I sat across from her and saw a young woman with a deep love for the Lord. God had spent months impressing something very special on her heart, and she was just about to leave her family for a few weeks to cross the pond….
The doctor showed us two pictures. One was of a little boy on crutches. She said it was obvious that he was injured, and people at school would be offering to sign his cast and carry his backpack. The other picture was of a teenage girl sitting on bleachers, and the doctor told us she…
Tell me what you would do, if a little boy were to plop into your window well. It has happened before. Spanish is in the basement, and little kids play right outside my classroom while they wait for parents to pick them up from school. It’s always a boy –they can’t resist the ledge and…
There is a box of Funfetti cake mix on my counter, because today is my 47th birthday, and I am going to take “homemade” cupcakes to school with me. Throw your own party –that’s what my inner seven-year-old tells me. It’s my birthday! Now let me back up to last night. A lot of times…
It felt uncomfortable at first, my ridiculous prayer. Not sure where it came from, but it rolled off my lips and then became what I have asked God for every single morning for the last six months. I want to be the best Spanish teacher ever. If you’re a Spanish teacher reading this, um, I’m…
Because we are very smart people, my husband and I have made good friends with some Texans who make killer BBQ. Around noon on Saturday, she texted and asked if there was any way I could help them at a venue for the afternoon, and I said I would be happy to. She failed to…
You know what? It was just a plain old week around here. Regular commitments. No vacations or exciting adventures. Makes it hard for a girl to blog, if I’m waiting for something profound to share with you. But I thought of a teensy instruction for women, in Titus 2:5: Be busy at home. I did…
Last night I posted a picture on Facebook of my new Dutch oven, so I could thank my mother-in-law for the wonderful Christmas gift. In the bottom of the pan I had onions, carrots, and celery being sauteed in oil, as a soup base. A friend commented on my lovely mirepoix, and I knew what…
When our kids were little, I read Growing Kids God’s Way, by Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo, and learned an excellent practice for teaching my kids how to politely get my attention when I was talking with someone else. My child would come up to me and put his hand on my arm or leg….
I dropped my boy off at the church for worship team practice last Saturday. “Next Sunday you’ll be at church in Texas,” I said. Mournful mom face. “Now Mom,” he said, leaning in close to me and turning on the charm, “that’s a long time from now. We’re enjoying today.” When God made Caleb, he…
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