Today is Saturday. I woke up in a funk, thinking I had too much to do and no gumption to do it.  It wasn’t true, but thoughts have a way of driving moods and I was definitely letting my thoughts drive me down the wrong road.  Yesterday Jake and I came home from a wonderful … Continue reading Balcony People →

Here’s an assignment I was given, one that inspired me to great thanksgiving, so I pass it on to you:  Write your life story in five sentences.   You can do it.   To spur you on, here are my five: I grew up in Texas in a large, mostly-happy family with a Canadian mom and an Irish … Continue reading Five Sentences and the ‘disease to please’ →

It was a windy-cold, late, dark night. It had been a long day, revolving around the death of our dear nephew.  We’d driven two hours to be with family; now we were almost home but because of a flat tire, we were stranded on the shoulder of a pulsing, vibrating, deafening highway.  I was holding … Continue reading Flat Tires, Angels, etc →

I have a stack of Bibles in my bookcase. Each one belonged to me in different seasons of my life.   The smallest one is cute, its binding held together by blue tape, its cover has an unrealistic painting of Jesus sitting on a rock under a large shade tree surrounded by children.  It was my … Continue reading My Spiritual Birthday →