So She Did.
Chicken and Noodles
It’s a great week for an EASY and delicious crockpot meal! It’s hard to find something all of the kids like. This is a winner winner chicken dinner!! Trust me. What you need: 1 stick of butter 8 chicken tenderloins 2 cans of cream of chicken soup 1 box of chicken...
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Out of Africa
(This post was written a few weeks ago....) Exactly one week ago I was somewhere over remote Northeast Canada on my way to Dallas. I was so ready to be home… and so exhausted. A week later, and 100 years older, I realize that I had no idea what the word exhausted...
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This Christmas
My mom used to LOVE Christmas. By "love" I mean she would go all out. Every nook and cranny of every room was filled with something sparkly and shiny. There were specific decorations that went in specific spots every year: the snowman couple in a basket always sat in...
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A Letter to America
Dear America; This is your first week with a new leader; President Biden is now your commander in chief. I realize that close to half of your people had hoped he wouldn't be, so I understand if you're feeling pretty divided right now. With 3.28 million people it's...
read more“We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.”
-Mother Teresa
Never Hopeless
Sunday morning I found myself in church at a homeless mission in Ft. Worth. I was sitting in the pew and the stench was pungent. I realized it was me. I had been there for 2 days without a shower. I looked around me and wondered at the grace of God. How easily I could...
read moreChicken and Noodles
It’s a great week for an EASY and delicious crockpot meal! It’s hard to find something all of the kids like. This is a winner winner chicken dinner!! Trust me. What you need: 1 stick of butter 8 chicken tenderloins 2 cans of cream of chicken soup 1 box of chicken...
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An Answer For Even The Small Problems (that add up)
We have some rentals. Actually, I have some rentals. Chris doesn't love the business like I do. He says we can do it if I’m the one REALLY doing it. This last house has about had me pulling my hair out trying to rent it. I've had it rented twice with deposits and...
read moreAnd Then There Were Two
After years of writing (here, in my journal, and in my millions of half-finished notebooks around the house) about life with kids and navigating their baby years, tween years and teenage years, it's finally here: the dreaded "empty nest." We dropped Number 3, Catie,...
read morePraying Better Prayers
Every day is better when I start the morning with my simple routine: wake up early, coffee (always first), some quiet time reading scripture or a devotional, and prayer. It gets me in the right frame of mind - at peace, looking forward. Last spring I noticed my...
read moreResurrections
It's such a gift to be able to see the potential for new life in old things. I haven't always had this gift, but I've gotten better at it. Instead of only seeing the value in new things, I have a much greater appreciation for the beauty that comes from restoring or...
read moreThis Christmas
My mom used to LOVE Christmas. By "love" I mean she would go all out. Every nook and cranny of every room was filled with something sparkly and shiny. There were specific decorations that went in specific spots every year: the snowman couple in a basket always sat in...
read moreMissing
Hey mom, I miss you. I know you’re less than five miles away and that I will probably see you this afternoon, but right now I just really miss you. I'm standing in your closet shaking my head at how incredibly organized and fastidious you have always been: everything...
read moreOut of Africa
(This post was written a few weeks ago....) Exactly one week ago I was somewhere over remote Northeast Canada on my way to Dallas. I was so ready to be home… and so exhausted. A week later, and 100 years older, I realize that I had no idea what the word exhausted...
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