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It’s Game Time!
Ethel Saved Our Marriage, and Other Hollywood Adventures
Well, it's day 5 of our Family Vacation, and so far so good, other than the usual pecking order stuff (parent irritates child, child irritates child younger than them, down the pecking order 4x until parent scolds someone in the mix). And it's all due to Ethel. Ethel...
Easter Vacation
Family Vacation: Where’s Aunt Edna?
Family Vacation. A time of memories and excitement. I have to admit, as a mother of four, I look forward to going, but always have reservations.Somehow when we go on vacation, I feel like I'm in charge of a whole army. Responsibility in the nth...
Gender Stuff
So, I'm sitting here in the breezy sunshine, so full of thoughts, yearning for time to process them all, but a few notes before I rush off to class.God is so good. He works, He moves, and is in control, always. I have been so blessed by women in my life,...
“Dude, That’s Not Smart”: Real Adventure from His Book
Psycho VooDoo and the Like: Is Your Love Enough?
"Is Your love enough?"I asked this of the Lord this morning, or He asked it of me ("Is my love enough?) after reading John 14: 14-31. I came to this passage this morning after a mini-meltdown last night, needing to hear words from the Holy Spirit. After reading...
Psycho VooDoo and the Like: Is Your Love Enough?
The Next Leg of the Race
Well, I just came back from a 3 day trip to Virginia - two days driving 11-12 hours and one day to visit a university. So much to take in, learning from the Lord, learning from my daughter, whose life next phase we were squaring away. I have to be honest,...
Letting Go Just Ain’t That Simple
I am getting ready to head off for a 10 hour drive tomorrow to Virginia for a final visit to my daughter's #1 college choice. Her dad took her the first time and was texting me during their visit that he thinks this is it. It prepared me to greet her with a...
Abandoned, Not Forgotten
Age Old Beauty Treatment
A wrote a post at my other blog, His Story, and wanted to share it here, too. A short one, on God's love story with us. Simple truths: .From reading His Story with the Israelites, His chosen people, I stand amazed that He always comes back and loves...




