When You Can’t See the Big Picture

When You Can’t See the Big Picture

I hate jigsaw puzzles. Yeah, I just said that. I love games, but jigsaw puzzles mess with me. Even when there’s a box top to look at, they’re just tedious. I could name a few people right now who are reading this and thinking how wrong I am. (I will allow that puzzle-love is in […]

Now matters.

Now matters.

Every second counts. I ask myself often if I’m spending my time on things of worth. As a wife, am I encouraging Boyfriend-Who-Is-My-Husband to become all he can while loving him as he is? (Check. That one’s easy. But I could do more.) As a mom, do I treasure every moment with my kiddos and […]

Motherhood is Ministry.

Motherhood is Ministry.

My plane. My children and BWIMH. My heart. My plane is parked on a rain-slicked tarmac as the pilot waits . . . and waits . . . for permission to take off. My children and Boyfriend-Who-is-My-Husband are back at home by now, taking a unified stab at life-without-Mom. They’ll do well, but it will […]

Broken Beyond Repair?

Broken Beyond Repair?

Someone once said I live a charmed life. I’m not sure, even now, how to respond to that except to laugh. It’s not a bitter laugh, but it would’ve been once upon a time. My childhood bordered on blissful, if you discount the fact that I’ve always been hard-headed. I was loved fully and unconditionally, […]