Blending families can be challenging... Where are we going this time, you might ask. This time it’s a family cruise with fifteen of our blended family of 25. We know once everyone is checked in and on board, it will be fine. We're heading north to Alaska!
Mostly, though I am grateful. I’m grateful for the nearly five years God has gifted Jim and I with. I’m grateful every morning that I wake up with Jim by my side. I’m happy when he’s sitting beside me at church, singing with me during worship, glancing at me in understanding at a sermon point. He’s there on lazy Sunday afternoons when we change out of our church clothes into something cozy and comfortable and we veg out on a movie. As we watch our favorite pre-recorded Sunday shows. When we say good-night and drop off to sleep.
I've written about her on our multiple trips. Yup, I'm talking about the SQ--the name Jim dubbed her. We decided we were ready to say goodbye to her. There was just too many little nerve wracking things that cried for attention.
From the past. My children were once babies--who wore this gown. It's a simple gown. The flannel has fuzzy little balls on the fabric, indicating its been washed and dried many times. It belonged to my babies. I was once a young mommy, too. I'll never forget the day I was released [...]
The sign of hope Our hearts felt strangely warm.... I read today the story--that's true--about a couple of disciples walking the road to the village Emmaus. Jesus was walking with them and they didn't recognize him because they knew he'd been crucified and they thought he was still dead in the tomb. As [...]
He is our hope. You go on and live until you feel alive again. Call the MidWife, a television series about midwives helping women in east London, an area of poverty near the Thames River. We've been watching the series for several years. Nonnatis House is where several Church of England nuns and other [...]
Are you ever wordless? Have you ever been so excited, you couldn't say a word? I have. What about the women--who were the first to go to the tomb of Jesus--and discovered the stone was rolled away and the tomb empty? Sometimes we forget what we're celebrating. Don't we often take Easter for granted? We [...]
What is family? What is a family? I once saw a sign up sheet for a potluck with the term “family of one”. How can you be a family of one? I guess it’s possible, for bringing food to a potluck, but really? I can’t imagine what it would be like without my family. My [...]
It's still in the birthing stage... I’m working on a new book with the help of my husband, Jim. We’re combining our stories of previous marriages--the highs and lows—and our story. Today I'm going to give you, dear readers, a sneak peek at a portion of the story. It’s still in the birthing stage….. Sneak peek [...]
We looked alike... I can't remember life without her being in it--she's younger than me by 22 months. We looked alike--at least to those who weren't family--and our names got mixed up, too. She was sometimes called by my name, sometimes they called me by hers. We were four and two years old; [...]
