"Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on until the day of completion in Christ Jesus."  Philippians 1:6This verse went over and over in my mind the other day as I sat with someone who had screwed up.  I ached for them...

I'm just a natural history geek.  I like reading about the past, and I love family genealogy.  I'm the geeky one who  knows more about my husband's family history than he does because I curl up with family records for the midnight read.I'm weird...

"It was a lie...."This statement was one of the first encounters in grad school throwing me for a loop. People talking about lies and truth so confidently.  How could someone talk about lies so confidently?  I mean, how does one discern "a lie?"Then I...

It's been a while since I've blogged.  Life is so full during summer time.  I'll admit I'm more of a writer/encourager than a true blogger. I'm learning it's okay not to do things perfectly.  So my month-long absence from blog-o-sphere is growth on my...

This week I'm selling my daughter's childhood.  Oh, not literally, but.....maybe so.This summer my college co-ed willingly gave up her bigger, pinker, orange-with-flowers-on-the-wall bedroom to her younger brother. So, over a few weeks we literally packed up and...