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How Good is God? (Gotta love the answer!)
“I’m a Mess, You’re A Mess, and Lord, will You Straighten Us Up?
“I’m a Mess, You’re A Mess, and Lord, will You Straighten Us Up?
Over the last eighteen months, the Lord has been taking me on an intense journey, and has been impressing me to share it with others in ministry to women. In the midst of life – graduate...
When God Closes a Door (Ouch, That Hurts!)
The Age Old Battle (No, It’s Not Wrinkles)
Adventures in Babysitting – Oops! It’s the Real Thing
Junior High. Gotta love it. My children are roughly all three years apart, so that means I will always have one leaving junior high, and another one entering. Yippee! We all remember the horrors of junior high gym class, girl drama, and perhaps...
Transparency
Training a Gentleman
Tonight my oldest son went to his first semi-formal dance.He'll be 16 next week, but tonight he was 15. He's 6'2'' and I had to tuck in his shirt and fold down the collar, and.........And I drove him to pick up his friend, a beautiful young lady. I drilled...
The Rut
In all your ways acknowledge Him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6 We have this verse displayed on one of our living room walls, and it caught my attention this afternoon as I walked by it. Acknowledge Him, He ….makes….paths…..straight. Each word...
Confessions of a Dryell Bag WannaBe
As we were ready to walk out the door this morning, I was informed by my oldest "There's a two hour delay." Shoot. I have so much to do and really wanted my kids gone (confession). So I started laundry, wrote client notes, followed up on emails, while...
Egg = Muffins
This afternoon I got a call from one of my girlfriends saying she was going to drop a bag off. "Ok, just put it in the garage."When I picked it up later, inside were six large muffins with the note above: ...
There’s an Egg on My Washer: A Day in the Life
This morning the house was finally empty as all 6 of us were home yesterday because of a snow day. I had a 10 page paper to write, so I locked myself in the home office, in the sweats I slept in, and worked all day applying Brown's Values Based work model, while...




