His feet are adorable. I sit here beside my sleeping teenager who is slowly coming out of anesthesia. With an IV in his hand, warm blankets on his lap and cute one-size-fits-all footies on his size 12 feet, I can’t stop looking at him. He just had a procedure that will hopefully give us answers…… Continue reading These Feet Will Walk Away – A Mama’s Mini Memoir
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Flip Shots – How YouTube is an Answer to a “Mom Prayer”
It has long been a prayer of mine that God would make me aware my children’s gifts and talents. And that He would help me to be a dream cheerleader not a dream squasher. I used to watch my friend, Cinnamon, (yes that’s her real name) and think, “She’s got this mom thing figured out. I…… Continue reading Flip Shots – How YouTube is an Answer to a “Mom Prayer”
Milk Cartons, Tears and a Change in Seasons
(In my September post at Inspire a Fire, I reflect on the change of seasons in life and reminisce about the day I sent my baby to school.) Homemade cheesebread with marinara sauce. “Oh no, what if Lewis can’t open his milk carton?” Those were the first five words on the back-to-school lunch menu and…… Continue reading Milk Cartons, Tears and a Change in Seasons
Boy Mom Monday – Proverbs 23:22 – Parent and Friend
Proverbs 23:22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old. I had a friend years ago whose relationship with her mother was strained. They talked regularly. And though they honestly loved each other, it was not uncommon for their conversations to end in utter frustration.…… Continue reading Boy Mom Monday – Proverbs 23:22 – Parent and Friend
BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 22:6 – Direction
Proverbs 22:6 Train a child up in the way he should go and when he is old he will not part from it. Whew! That verse puts a tremendous amount of pressure on us if we read it to mean that if we raise our kids right, they will become followers of Christ. Putting the…… Continue reading BOY MOM MONDAY – Proverbs 22:6 – Direction