The Glorious Table: Just As We Are
Recently a friend told me she had decided to get rid of all the journals and notebooks she’d filled with years of morning pages, journaling, short stories, poetry, teenage angst, and young adult musings. She had hauled boxes of journals … Continued
Five Minute Friday: Support
Today’s Five Minute Friday writing prompt is: support. Five minutes are on the timer…GO! Next week I will be traveling to San Fransisco to a conference for Assistance League. As an active volunteer, I support our community through the programs … Continued
Updated Virginia Green Chocolate Cake
A few years ago I posted about my grandmother’s chocolate cake recipe. It was a beloved cake around birthdays and holidays when we would go to visit. This chocolate cake is so special that it is a staple on the … Continued
Five Minute Friday: Work
What a week! Do you ever feel like the week races by and then you wonder why it felt so long? That is how this week felt to me. The boys were only in school three days this week but … Continued
Christians Who Support President Trump’s DACA Decision
If you follow the news regularly, you may be getting whip lash. Hurrican Harvey, DACA, wildfires in California, Jeff Sessions, hurricane Irma, wildfires in the northwest. What in the actual heck is going on here? Are we in the end … Continued
God’s Will: God’s Kindgom
Last week I used the prompt “guide” to ponder the mysteries of the universe. I only allowed myself five minutes to write about it, but I have been thinking about it ever since. How do we know what the next … Continued
Five Minute Friday – Guide
After a few weeks of being too busy to participate in Five Minute Friday, I’m back at it. Today was miraculously open and then I was forced to stay home with a little boy who woke up with a fever. … Continued
Hate Is Not Our Theme song
This weekend, our country went completely off the rails. Or as far off the rails as I have seen it in my adult life. The events of Charlottesville and what led up to it have consumed my mind for the … Continued
Summer Internet Round-Up
Whenever I read something really great or moving, I save it in an Evernote file so I can share it here. Here are a few blog posts or articles that I think you, dearest reader, would enjoy. First up, this … Continued
Five Minute Friday: Try
It’s time for another brain dump for just five minutes. I missed last week (since I took the boys to Dallas to visit my cousin and the World Aquarium – which was awesome, by the way) but discovered this post … Continued