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Confessions From a 22 year Quilting Project
This month I knotted the last stitch on the quilt that I began 22 years ago. I was a young mom with a newborn son and was determined to be creative and productive in my new season of life. So, with the help of my Grandma Morris, I began a quilting project. When I look...
Finding Stillness in the Rapids
A couple of years ago our family was white water rafting down the rapids of the Pecuare River in Costa Rica. The water sprayed in our faces, a guide shouted commands from the back, and we all paddled hard while also trying to stay in the boat. The river was furious...
3 Reasons Why I Think Missionaries Are Crazy
We just spent a week with a missionary team in Concepcion, Chile, and I was once again reminded that missionaries are a little crazy. Really. Consider this: 1. THEY TALK LIKE CHILDREN - While most of us spend our young lives striving to become mature adults (or at...
The Inward Journey
I’m very comfortable and adept with the outward journey. I’ve been trained in it since I was a little kid. I enjoy it. I love the journey through new seasons of life. Many of my seasons come and go in the context of family—getting married, having children, celebrating...
“I don’t do carpooling.”
It's the first week of school, and for the first time in 17 years not one of my kids needs a ride to school in the morning or will be looking for me as they file out of school following the release bell. Seventeen years ago when when we lived in Venezuela, our oldest...
Five Reasons Why You Should Buy Your Son a Lawnmower Next Summer
Stacks of green bills are piled at the end of the table where my youngest son, Lucas, is counting the profits of his summer lawn business. There is a smile on his face, so it is safe to say that business has been good. The grass hardly grows in our dry West Texas...
3 Tips for Raising Mediocre Kids-because being the best is over-rated
"I just wish that it was okay to raise mediocre kids." It was summertime when my friend thought that her family would have a break from the pressure to perform, but she was still feeling it. The pressure stretched her family's budget, their schedule and her nerves way...