Becky’s Blog
Tears and Lilies
Do you know these flowers? The French call them muguets and we call them Lilies of the Valley, but today I prefer a less common...
Be Careful and Other Magic Words
© 2006 Linus Bohman, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio You know what happens when your children grow up and move back home because you...
Mold or Unfold?
© 2009 Randi Hausken, Flickr | CC-BY-SA | via Wylio “He’s a junior already?” she asked. “Wow. Just one more year to mold him and...
Who Gets to Receive God’s Hospitality?
© 2014 Blondinrikard Fröberg, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio “So what if people are coming over. Why can’t we let them see how we...
Passion at the Grocery Store
© 2009 eddie welker, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio “Did you find everything you needed?” the lady at the cash register asked me...
Words from a Clay Pot
Allow me to introduce you to the clay pot I keep on my desk at home. I made it in second grade and when it speaks to me, I...
A Secret Fear Exposed
One thing I love most about children is that they don’t usually mind saying what they’re thinking deep inside. At least they...
Of Peanut Butter Fudge and Sweet Williams and Cushioned Toilet Seats. Living Towards Love.
© 2011 Simon Blackley, Flickr | CC-BY-ND | via Wylio We’d sit on her couch and eat the peanut butter fudge she made and talk to...
Cat on a String and Other Surprise Gifts from a Gift
Around this time five years ago my daughter called her daddy from college about the Christmas gift he planned to give me. “Dad,...
The Christmas Invasion and What to Do About It
© 2008 Jazz Guy, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Have you been to the mall yet? I try my best to avoid it. When I find myself herded...
Have Yourself a Messy Little Christmas
Our children decorated white gift bags for our senior adults during Sunday school on Sunday and amid all the drawings of wreaths...
I Love Candy and Other Thanks to Give
A year or so ago I found an electric typewriter headed for the trash and put it in the big room on the children’s hall at church...
Closed Doors and Tests to Get In
When one of my nieces was three, she was a little parrot, eager to participate in adult conversation, contributing her own...
Wayward Crayons and a Box for Us All
There are books for children and then there are books for ALL OF US that only look like they’re for children. The Day the...













