A Part II of Let the Children Come “WHY am I doing this?!? Why did I think running a kids club by myself was a good idea?!?” I wonder as, 30 minutes before Kids Club is supposed to start, I am cleaning up INCHES of water in my bathroom due to the kids climbing on […]

I lost her when I was fifeteen. I would have given anything to get her back, but in God’s plan for my life and hers He saw fit to bring her home when I was young. However, He did not leave me motherless. Instead, in each new season of life he provided multiple mother figures […]

The role of motherhood often, often, often feels as though one is merely treading water, or running around a hamster wheel, or living in constant state of deja vu. How many times did I sweep that kitchen floor today? You mean you haven’t learned from the twelve other times I disciplined you today, NOT to […]

“God sent you here.” He spoke it before a piece of furniture had been moved in, before we had a chance to get a feel for the neighborhood, before we had spent even one night in the place. Danny had gone to the house to meet the inspector so that we could move in the […]

I love you bigger….than mudprints you just left all over my newly mopped floor. I love you bigger….than the noise level you  bring to our home. I love you bigger….than the temper tantrum you just had in the middle of the grocery check-out line. I love you bigger…than being on-time to all the places I […]

God’s been hearing the cries for help from a desperately exhausted 8-month-pregnant mamma of four little ones.  Last week, too tired to move by the time dinner hour came along, my family’s nutritional intake was painfully lacking. Dinner Menu: Monday:free kids meals from Chic-fil-a (boy, did they lose money on THAT family night) Tuesday: bowls […]

Balancing the Bible in hand, catching its words by the single glow from the closet light before a soul was awake Wednesday morning, my heart began to soar with these words. “Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is […]