I had the honor of guest posting for Noah at A Transplanted Life today. The following is the first few paragraphs of my story. To read it in completion, hop on over to A Transplanted Life . From the Outside Looking In I remember the day Carter started kindergarten. The eldest and most timid of my children, I can say with certainty his first day of school would still rank somewhere in the top 5 if he kept a Terrible-Horrible-No Good-Very Bad-Day list. That was a long day followed by a long difficult year of adjustment. But he got through it. I remember the…
Welcome if you are visiting from the Hearts at Home Third Thursday Blog Hop. This month’s topic One Perfect God got me thinking about the perfect Jesus and the jolly old elf Santa. Read on to see how the Santa dilemma went down at our house this year. “Mom is Santa real?” my curious six-year-old asked as I tucked him in and kissed his cheek. ‘Here we go,’ I thought. I took a deep breath and went the history route as I did with his older brothers. Speaking truth, but leaving a little to the imagination. “Well Lewis, there was…
I thought I was all done Christmas shopping. Everything is even wrapped and under the tree. (Except for the two items I’m waiting for the UPS man to leave on my front porch. How do I love thee Amazon Prime? Let me count the ways…) Then I came across this little treasure on Leanne Shirtliffe’s Ironic Mom blog. Corey and I rarely exchange presents, but this might be the gift for the man who has everything. Who wouldn’t want a Walking Dead action figure displayed on their nightstand? On second thought, I’m gonna stick with the no gift policy. I…
Ephesians 5:8-9 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Author and speaker Luci Swindoll writes ” Note (Ephesians 5:8) doesn’t say we are like light, it says we are light. Just as the flashlight draws power from its batteries, we draw power from the son of God. As light, we dissipate fear, bring relief and lift spirits. We don’t have to be big to be effective. We just have to…
Do you ever wake up in the morning with butterflies in your tummy and your first thought is, “Why do I feel so funny?” And then you remember the reason for your butterflies and suddenly they don’t feel like butterflies anymore, but more like vultures attacking each other in your belly? Well that’s where I am today. Holy cow. So I choose to relieve some tension by watching a little Brian Regan. This clip always makes me laugh. And laughter is surprisingly soothing to tummy vultures. Brian Regan – Ironing Board