Dear momma who’s feeling like you’re not enough, You are. You are enough. Or rather, God in you is enough. When you see another mom post everyday on social media about everything she did with her children, making everyday at her house seem unbelievably organized, perfect, and exciting, and her children seem unbelievably amazing…and you…
Dear homeschool mommas who are overwhelmed, I get it. We old-timers get it! So much to do and so many kids! School starts soon! And you still have to plan every single hour of every single day for the next school year for every single child!!!đ˛ No. You don’t. You really don’t. Take a deep…
A couple of years ago I wrote about doing The Next Right Thing. As parents who have experienced the death of our child, we have to choose what the next right thing is for us. We have to choose how we will live…or if we will live. No, I’m not talking about taking our own life. But…
Four years ago my life changed after a knock at the door. It is never good when a police officer is at your door before 6:00 am. My life was changed. God has been with me every step of the way. Read about that day here: The Day My Life Changed Forever: August 13, 2013
It's not a date to celebrate.Yet I can't ignore it.It's not the official Date of Death. That's tomorrow.That's what happens when an accident is late at nightand in the middle of nowhere. They were declared early the next morning. Today they got in the car.Rode down the country lane.Laughing and probably singing.Six friends crowded into…
The Accident happened about 11:45 on Monday night, August 12, 2013. Because of the remote location the justice of the peace did not pronounce them dead until 12:30 am, August 13, 2013. We learned of our son's death the next morning. The Accident four years ago changed me. It changed our family in many ways.…
All these people talking about saber rattling and nuke war. And I'm over here just breathing in and out and putting one foot in front of the other right now. It's work to get up and get dressed some days. Living one day at a time. Continuing to make progress knowing perfection is out of…
About 18 months ago I did an online photography class. The assignment was Edge and Alignment. Here are my pictures and my article: Photo 101 Day 18: Edge and Alignment I miss my son.
I posted books I have read the past few months. In that post I said I don't like horror or romance novels. A friend asked why I don't like romance novels. For me, they lead to sin. Reading a romance novel can cause me to become unhappy with my own marriage. True romance novels filled…
As I've written before, I love to read! Bible studies, fiction, nonfiction, biographies, young adult readers, hard books, easy books, and just about anything except romance novels and horror. And I've been doing lots of reading since spring. My reading goal is 52 books this year. I've read 39 so far. Most of what I've…
From one year ago. Still true. “It took choosing to get up in the morning and get dressed. It took going outside, to the grocery store, and the dry cleaners. It took going to the dentist and calling repair men to fix stuff around me house. It took balancing my checkbook and celebrating the birth…
I once asked seventeen-year-old Andrew what he wanted to do after school. What career did he plan to pursue? He was trying to decide which college to attend and what to major in. He ended up at West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas, where he majored in dance and accounting. He loved that school.…
I continue to read this book by William Wilberforce, a few pages at a time. Then I stop to think. For a long time about what I’ve read. He keeps getting all up in my business. Maybe I should stop reading this book. Hers what I’m thinking about today. We just talked about some if…
