So very grateful… for a precious baby gift! Favorite blessing of 2011! Dad back in Arizona and CANCER-FREE! gifts carefully wrapped for mom by an eager and generous 5 year old. discovering his excellent taste in jewelry. {he couldn’t afford any, so he raided my jewelry box for gifts…} excited boys after opening up a […]
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The Blessings of Trial
Trials are never fun, but I am always amazed at the blessings tucked inside various trials. As I mentioned a while ago, there has been some upheaval in our family. The biggest change was finding out my dad had cancer and their subsequent relocation to California for treatment. I guess the beauty of a new […]
Bought at a price…
Today has been one of those days. Well, maybe not one of THOSE days… Actually the more I think about it, today was a pretty normal, run-of-the-mill kind of day. peaceful moments punctuated with cries and whines. teachable hearts one moment, stubborn one’s the next. calm and tranquility interrupted by chaos. Life is a roller […]
Upheaval
Sadness and contentment. Exhaustion and ecstasy. Somehow they all coexist right now. It has been a roller coaster ride these last two months as huge changes have taken place in my family. And the timing is just too weird to be chocked up to random chance. Providence is at work and confusion melts away into […]
A Welcome Break…
Two grandparents, 3 sisters, 3 hubby’s and 5 cousins (+ one in utero) took up cabin living for a week. After our delightful experience last year, we all excitedly embarked to leave our ‘oven’ home and head for the cool pines of northern Arizona. While my pace was understandably altered from last year (less […]
A Rebirth-day Milestone
Last week marked a milestone – 30 years since I became a child of God. It’s been 30 years since the day when in the midst of build-up for my physical birth-day, my mom read me this book. The King’s Invitation relays the parable Jesus told about a king who sent out invitations to his […]