Know God. Live Big.
Matt told me to write this blog post. “Tell them about when I leave for India on Saturday and how you’re going to be happy and okay.” Thirteen days, you guys. He’s going to be on the other side of the planet for 13 days, preaching and teaching the Bible and doing some counseling among the Wagori people there. But… Read More
I could see Matt physically brace himself, as we waved our last goodbye to that boy of ours, through the airport security glass. Hating to disappoint the man, I walked three steps and let the tears fall. A mom can only put on a brave face for so long. Of course, I had to suck in the tears as we… Read More
Monday was such a great day that I was hyper in the evening, which is not normal. I went to Target at 8:00, you guys. For fun. I feel weird going out so late, I said to my son. He assured me many people go out at 8:00 at night, and it’s no big thing. Because of my awesome Monday,… Read More
There’s a whole bag of Snickers in my drawer, for when you all finish these verb folders, I said. Bribery is awesome. It appears they are going to die when I ask them to write the conjugations of 50 verbs in four tenses. One student has the look of a man about to cross the Sahara. But they don’t know that… Read More
I fell apart over a gift bag yesterday. But let me back up… First there was the switchback drive up Big Mountain Road, looking out over Whitefish, Montana, which apparently is listed as one of the most beautiful cities in which to enjoy fall colors. Then I arrived at a mansion with the car load of writers I had picked… Read More
I will beg my tech-smart brother not to mock me here when I say that I finally got the hang of how to upload pictures from CD to my computer. My kids have been all like, Mom, why haven’t you put your pictures on your computer? And I’m all like, Guys. It wasn’t that long ago that I put actual… Read More