Short Thoughts on Sunday

I’m back to blogging.  But, I will not be writing as often as I used to.  New personal plan: Blog ONCE per week.  If I make it great. If I don’t it’s nothing personal. I’m carving out “ME TIME” this year.  2018 is going to better than last year…I hope. Faith, Family, and Friends come

To My Fellow Lark

Dear Addison, Today is your birthday.  I am up early, and I have no doubt you will greet me soon pre-dawn.  I learned this year via my Fit Bit Charge 2 that I’m a “lark.”  A lark is someone who tends to wake earlier than most versus a night owl which I’m most definitely not. 

Backwards and Forwards

Job 8:7 Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.   Dear Bryan, Tomorrow is your 8th birthday.  I’m often thinking of your life backwards and forwards.  You are an interesting child, and I have no doubt you will be an amazing original adult. As an original you have never ceased to

Kindergarten and Oceans of Time

Originally posted on Jennifer K Cook:
Today, I will take our youngest to register for kindergarten at our local elementary school.  He will join his big brother, neighbors, and his fellow friends from preschool and soccer.  It will be a good thing.  The journey of milestones continues. Do you remember when you started kindergarten?  Your…

Do Mayhem with Friends and Family

I’m late to this week’s “Five Minute Friday” blogging party.  This week was a whirlwind.  It was the last week of school for our kids, and it was a modified mess.  My husband and I still had work, and the kids still had school…BUT there was a lot of extra oddness about the week: class

I Dare to Tell the Truth

Proverbs 12:19 Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. Do you dare to tell the truth?  I do.  Here are five minutes of writing by me on true words this week… A young mom enters my speech therapy office with her two year old: “Oh honey don’t pick your

When the Cross Is Falling Off the Wall

Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and His paths beyond tracing out! Romans 11:33 NIVUK Yesterday was a rough day.  The kids were grumpy, and the adults were too.  Nobody wanted to go to our usual Tuesday tasks.  The dog even barked and seemed