It’s pretty awesome when your sister-in-law is the dorm director, and you walk into your son’s very first dorm room ever, to discover his uncle has lined his desk with potato chips and has filled the fridge with soda. Although I was dubious about the big supply of Mountain Dew, it was really special to know Uncle Mark was thinking… Read More
What to Pray When Things Aren’t Looking Good
Twenty-eight hours into a 30-hour road trip –that’s when my son’s 2000 Dodge Neon lost its lights. We were five minutes north of Fort Worth, Texas when my husband decided we were going to have to find a mechanic. There was no way we could get through Fort Worth with no brake lights. Bums were tired. Hearts were discouraged. We… Read More
It’s Going to Be Okay
I woke up in Wyoming, and I was one sad momma. Those men of mine were leaving Montana that morning, to meet up with me at my mom’s (where I had helped host her annual, two-day, killer garage sale.) This was the week. The week where we would be seeing our youngest in the rear view mirror, as we drove… Read More
God Is for You -Even When Life Isn’t
Partly it’s because she lives just north of me in Canada that I feel this connection to her -and partly it’s because I appreciate the story of how she has been getting to know who God is through her experience with anorexia, caring for her sick mother, and now through parenting three little ones while trying to still be Emily…. Read More
Ten Things You Can Learn about God by Restoring A Chair
I did something on Monday that was so out of character for me that I think you should sit down before I tell you. I went all HGTV and restored the wood of an arm chair. See, I got this new room at school, and it is so massive that it makes me giddy. It’s a huge square of a… Read More
The Curse of Plastic Bins in Your Relationship with God
In second grade, my teacher said I seemed to enjoy creative writing. In fourth grade, I got a B in writing (depressing news for a blogger.) I know this, because I just finished going through my grade school keepsake album. That is where I also came to the conclusion that I was a homely child, although Matt assures me the… Read More
Is Your Life Worth Looking At?
I’m going to confess to you that I paid $5 for a huckleberry bear claw on Friday. Polebridge, Montana is a little mercantile at the end of nowhere, and I’ve been hearing about their bear claws for a few years now. My daughter and I made the Polebridge Bakery And Mercantile booth our first stop at Art in the Park… Read More
The Kindness of A God Who Will Nix Your Request
Exactly this time two years ago I was in a bad way. I had lost my medical transcription job earlier in the year, due to the incoming of electronics into the medical field. I had dreams of being a plain-ol’ housewife, but we were having a hard time meeting budget without me working. I was begging God, Please don’t make… Read More
An Expert Climber Describes How Much You Are Loved
If you don’t like heights, you may want to take a pill for vertigo before reading this blog post. I have this really cool, long-time friend who has climbed peaks all over Glacier National Park (which is in our back yard, so to speak.) He is part mountain goat. I invited him to write for us today, because I think… Read More
Have The Companionship You Crave
We put the last suitcase in the car, and I gave mom one more tight squeeze. Then we were pulling away from the curve, and I was waving goodbye at the corner just before we drove out of sight. There she was, standing alone on the sidewalk. “That is painful,” I said. “Yes. That is very painful,” Matt said. I… Read More