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 don’t mind until we teach them to filter. Or hide thoughts that might embarrass themselves or us. As I was writing this week’s post for the...
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 each other as we flipped through the pages of her stacks of magazines, pointing out recipes that looked good or strange or things that...
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, I’m telling you, it’s a bad idea,” she said. “Mom said after Katie died that she doesn’t want another cat.” “She wants one,” he said. “Trust...
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 with strangers between purse displays under signs that say Believe, I have the urge to make mooing noises and say NO I DON’T BELIEVE IN...
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 and Christmas trees and holy babies in mangers, there was this one. I’M IN LOVE WITH IT. Maybe the child chose a bright blue marker because...
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