The after-service pancake breakfast was in full swing. Kids and adults milled about the multi-purpose room chatting amicably and scarfing down flapjacks together as one big church family. I was nibbling on a pancake when I felt someone throw an […]
When I learned that my friend’s newborn son was in critical condition, I had every confidence that he would be ok. Maybe I was being blindly naive, but in my mind his would be a medical success story. I followed […]
If there is one toy in our house that enjoys idol status, it is the Bakugans. For those of you unfamiliar, they are little transformer-like spheres that morph into monsters and battle each other. My boys delight in collecting, trading […]
Grandma Rose’s worn, white farmhouse was nothing fancy. When visiting you were just as likely to see a turtle she’d trapped dangling from a tree as you were a fresh apple pie cooling on the counter. The brown linoleum floors […]
There are two words I have never heard anyone use to describe me: silent and still. My kids might tell you I cry out for silence and stillness all day, every day. But silence and stillness are disciplines that I […]
A couple of weeks ago my friend Melissa asked to borrow a Crock-Pot for the church potluck. I was shocked that she didn’t have one. I thought every mom had a slow-cooker. Don’t they send us home from the hospital […]
I can’t say I didn’t see it coming. All the signs were there. The slow acceleration. The broken heater. The sliding that doors wouldn’t open. In its heyday our minivan was the creme de la creme of minivans and had […]
A couple of weeks ago I returned home from work to find my children happily playing with new toys at the counter. Confused, I asked my son where the little Lego set came from. My daughter waved a stuffed tiger […]
I don’t consider myself a vain person. But in a few days I am heading to a conference for women’s ministry leaders and all I can think about is my shabby appearance. My pedicure is shot, I have a good […]
Emp-ty (adjective) Containing nothing; not filled or occupied. How Tammie was feeling last Sunday. It had been a long week. My ER shifts had were jam-packed. Spring fever was turning my household into a pinball machine. I was smarting from […]