Dear Daughter, When you turned and walked the opposite direction on the sidewalk, my heart hurt. We climbed in the van to head for home, and you walked slow to your dorm room. For a full hour I tried to have mercy on the boys and not cry, but it took a lot of lip biting and…
A few nights ago, my daughter introduced me to a blog that is created by a mom and photographer. Her site is so beautiful that I could not stop looking at it. I finally closed the computer and burst into tears. My whole family turned and look at me. (I must say they were unfazed by…
I rely on my husband and really close friends to do a face check for me. I want to know that I don’t have any unsightly boogers or broccoli –you know? Only a really close friend will say, Um, you have a little something right there. I want my face to be beautiful. Paul tells…
I just made a double batch of my fudge brownie recipe, to send with friends to use at their children’s camp. I did lick the spoon –always willing to risk salmonella for the sake of chocolate. I wish you could smell my house right now. I refuse to buy a box mix because my homemade…
Last week I taught a Bible study on self-esteem. Then a few nights ago I was standing next to my daughter (who came to the class) when a friend of mine came up to me and said, How did your Bible study go Wednesday night? Do you know what I did? Feelings of insecurity rose…
Last spring my husband and I watched helplessly, as our beloved tree in the front yard failed to bud and leaf out. Many years before the kids had bought the sapling and planted it for me on a Mother’s Day. It was just becoming a large, beautiful, shade-bearing tree when the deer snacked on the bark…
Every year our high school youth pastor hosts a graduation banquet for all the seniors. It’s a white linen tablecloth and candlelight event, with volunteer waiters from the church. Classy. This year I was asked to help decorate, and it was the first time I had any involvement in the preparation. This usually isn’t my…
We have a Saturday evening church service and wanted to refresh the décor on the stage, so we put together a design team. Our sanctuary seats 600, and the space is extremely large to work with. I heard my friend say that the large space needs to be filled with large design. Tom Matherson, writer for…
I sat on the couch yesterday morning, with my Bible in one hand and a hot cup of coffee in the other. (Always these two things go together.) And I told God of this black hole I have inside of me that pulls for approval. I feel like I should just walk around with a…
Maybe this is what happens when you’re a year and a half into blogging every day, but lately I’ve been feeling like every sentence I publish is pathetic. Plagued with self-doubt, I’ve been laboring to be brave enough to write what’s on my heart and allow you to see it. But last night I had…
A week after my daughter was born, my mother and I loaded her in a stroller and enjoyed leisurely walking the aisles of a craft fair at the expo center in town. When I said, oooooh over a rustic end table, mom bought it for me. Eighteen years later it holds its place at the…
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