As many of you know, my family is not far from a doctor’s office on most weeks. Yesterday, alone, we visited three thanks to my daughter’s knee injury. We are still awaiting the results. Needless to say, there is a small chance this will hinder her soccer career. As we…
Thankfulness
These past few weeks have been spent giving medication, going to doctors’ appointments and filling out paperwork for school. My son had another reaction that set off his asthma. So, we have been waiting for the medicines to take effect and get him over this hump. After multiple tries with…
Today was the last “first day of school” our family will have in elementary school. My son is in fourth grade and school started today. I asked him if he still wanted me to walk him to his class and was pleasantly surprised when he said “yes”. As we walked…
My son has been having headaches all summer long. We have been able to attribute it to various viruses and infections, so I wasn’t thinking too much of it until the doctor mentioned the possibility of a CT scan. Now, this might not seem like a big deal to most,…
Psalm 139 from The Message starts like this: “God, investigate my life; get all the facts firsthand. I’m an open book to You; even from a distance You know what I’m thinking.” As I’m reading this I am looking out of a plane window at the houses below. The houses…
Yesterday was a beautiful day. The kids were still on spring break and they were playing outside enjoying the day. There was laughter as they played in the creek and teasing as the girls found David while he was spying on them. Lots of productive work was accomplished. I was…
Perfection. Definition (according to Susan): the art of completing a project exactly right accepting that you did the best you could with what you have For many years I have struggled with definition number one because so many times I have failed! I love to strive for perfection, but it…
Reading books. Playing on the computer. Organizing more when it’s really already good enough. Picking up the house. Watching a movie. Doing laundry. Scrapbooking. Ironing. Sitting. Playing games. These are all some ways I have wasted time. It’s really all a matter of perspective. What is work for one person…
The Grand Canyon. How beautiful! Our family went there when after my fourth grade year. I was in awe at its beauty, so much so that I bought a poster to put in my room when we moved to our new house. There was one tiny detail I forgot to…
Life has a funny way of throwing things at you. You look around and wonder at times what you are doing, how you got there and what is really happening. I have found myself in a situation where I feel completely over my head. This isn’t my normal cup of…