We were asked not to bring birthday gifts –only some kind words to say to her. So we finished off our hamburgers and gathered in a small circle in the living room. It wasn’t hard to think of things to say to this sweet friend, but my favorite was when one of her co-workers sat…
“And why do you want to know about mutual funds?” Matt said to me, as we got ready for bed last night. “For a blog post,” I said. (I wish you could see his face sometimes.) He crawled into bed, and I went downstairs to click away on the keyboard. This is what it’s like…
If he had been a southern man and the mother-in-law had been a Texas girl, she would have been appalled for him to see her lying there like that –with no lipstick on and hair mussed by the pillow. But he would have been a gentleman and paid no mind to her appearance. Gently taking…
My way of doing things is to pull out the clean laundry from the dryer and get down on my knees to fold it on the floor. A few days ago I was matching up towel corners when a little paper heart fell onto my knee. I knew exactly where it had come from. Last…
Probably it started over breakfast when I thought of a painful memory from my past. The Lord encouraged me through my Bible reading, but it still left me a little on edge. Then I started coffee brewing and thought, Hmmm. Why is the coffee so light? “Oh no! Not that!” I yelled. Because every once in…
It’s this horrible intersection close to our house, where a gas station entry is way too close to the light, so you’ve got cars sitting at the light and other cars coming and trying to enter the gas station. Messy business. On Friday, I was sitting at the light waiting for it to turn green….
My girl was home for the weekend, and her husband was quite generous to share her. So we climbed in the car, where I proceeded to talk her ear off. It’s our working arrangement that I talk and she listen with enthusiasm. We headed to Wal-Mart, which is 10 times more fun if your daughter…
I’m going lay it out plain. I was home after work, house to myself, in cozy slippers, with episode nine of When Calls The Heart waiting for me. The clock struck six, and I knew I had to leave for Awana in 15 minutes. But I was so comfortable. So I waited until 6:17 and…
It has to do with cheeseburgers, so you know this is going to be a happy story. There’s a small church in Libby, Montana that has been without a pastor since April, so that man of mine is giving them a five-week run of preaching on Sundays, to give them a boost. We do Saturday…
Something that has been on my mind a lot, in the last year or so, has been character. I keep joking with my friends that I’m 46 now, and by the time I’m 50 I’m planning on having that perfect character I’ve always hoped for. Four years -that should do it. It’s a joke. You…
Last year we used Christmas money and invested in two kayaks. We could see our last little bird (with very big feet and a penchant for bow ties) flying out of the nest soon, and those two kayaks were our declaration that we would continue to enjoy each other when the nest became quiet. Today…
Yesterday I thought my brain or my heart might explode. One or the other or possibly both simultaneously. It’s when you have your baby about to graduate. At the same time you sit in a courtroom to watch your friends officially adopt their 4-year-old foster son. At the same time your job changes a bit…
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