September 4, 2015 1. Strangers greet you with a statement that begins with, “Oh,” followed by “your hands are full,” “bet there’s never a dull moment at your house,” or my favorite, “I don’t know how you do it.” 2. Boxes of cereal generally last about two days….fewer if it contains chocolate…
September 3, 2015 The sky was absolutely beautiful. The perfect way everything looks right before sunset. Calming hues of blue painted across the backdrop. Clouds hung just low enough to seemingly cover the bulk of the bright glowing sun which was peeking out and sending up streaks of orange and pink. A-Jesus-is-coming-back kind…
September 1, 2015 The first time I put this dish on our table, the boys, as usual, asked, “What’s for dinner?” My reply: “Porcupine Pie.” Not really sure where that label came from other than I remembered reading a recipe for “Porcupine” something that contained ground beef and rice. Thus the creation of…
September 1, 2015 “Mommy, how much longer until my birthday?” my youngest sweetly asked from his assigned seat in the middle of the van. The big day was still a few months away, I assured him. “Well,” he added, “You and Daddy need to talk about it because I don’t like late birthday…
September 1, 2015 “Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.” Psalm 25:4 In a house filled with my hubby, three young boys, goldfish, and me, whether it’s the volume, stacks of papers, tempers, or quite frankly, the potty lid, something is generally up. While we are up and going, life somehow quickly…
September 1, 2015 September 1, 1995…20 years ago today, my hubs and I went out to eat together for the first time. He showed up in church pants and loafers. He downed a salad, garlic bread, chicken parmesan, spaghetti, and then went for the basket of crackers. Wow. September 1, 2015…the first payment…
September 1, 2015 Okay, I’ll admit it. I don’t use Vanilla Wafers in my banana pudding. If you are a Southerner, take a few deep breaths…I promise it’ll be okay. I add an unexpected ingredient also. We’ll get to that soon…after you recover from the cookie revelation. My swap out from the traditional…
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Marge “Every good and perfect gift is from above…” James 1:17 Boys, sitting still, and waiting aren’t typically a winning combination. But on this particular day, my three guys’ behavior seemed impeccable. They sat and they waited and then they listened. They weren’t really listening to me because I was fairly quiet, only…