Growing up, the anticipation of the Christmas season always started when Grandma brought out the Wish books on a random Sunday after lunch was eaten and cleaned up. I can’t remember the exact timing of when these magical catalogs made their appearance, but surely it was in plenty of time for the standard 4-6 week…
“You’re brave to try it,” the man at the paint store said as he mixed up a gallon of green paint. That statement should have been a warning, but I heard a call to be courageous. It’s not like I was making the decision lightly. Changing my laundry room and connecting half bathroom walls from…
Are we still in Back to School season? I keep hearing about it, but for some reason, I feel like we should be 3 to 4 months in already! I think that making turkey sandwiches for lunch boxes at 6:30 in the morning has something to do with it! Our family has a middle-schooler, high-schooler,…
Perennial. I don’t know much about flowers and plants. But I do know that is the word I look for when it comes to buying them. Less work. Less money. That makes sense to me. Dig the hole one time and plant the flower. Aside from those practical aspects, there is something fascinating to me…
My sweet friend looked at me and said, “But Denise, you don’t care about what people think about you.” We had been talking about what we were planning to wear to an event. I kinda laughed because what she meant as a compliment also showed that uh, well, I’m not always the most put-together…
January 22, 2021 A large cup of coffee, open Bibles, notes, and a prayer journal covered most of our kitchen table every morning while I was growing up. Faithfully each morning…and I mean like 5:30 in the morning…my mother took her seat at the table. There she sought His face, studied His Word, and said…
December 31, 2020 As I brushed my teeth, I noticed the white paint stains at the bottom of my pajama shirt. And to think I was actually wearing a matching set of PJs, not my ordinary old t-shirt and comfy, sometimes holey pants. Even my “nicest” pajamas had succumbed to random paint smears that seem…
December 1st is proving to be a tough day. The day before my birthday. Rather than anticipating the cake and presents, I’ve unwillingly turned the day into a reflective one. It’s like the end of a day when you’re replaying the day’s events and accomplishments. But rather than just a day, I’ve been…
August 19, 2020 When I was growing up, I absolutely with all seriousness asked God to make me a singer. I pictured myself on a stage as I rehearsed in front of my bedroom mirror, hairbrush in hand. It would have taken a miracle for this wish of mine to come true. Main reason:…
We have this ongoing project that is taking forever to complete. Our old house has plaster walls and plaster ceilings that tend to easily show cracks and age. The living room ceiling has a particularly large crack that spreads about half-way down the room’s length. It has aggravated Chris from day one of us…