General Blog Posts
Last year, after our first year of trying to raise a sequoia failed, my son, Nathanial, purchased five more trees (cypresses, redwoods, and a sequoia) for us to be responsible for. (See the September 16, 2016, blog, “Adopted Trees Take on Personalities”.) The weight of such responsibility can weigh heavy with life and death questions…
“Hey, Mom, I have to write a paper about my name so I am wondering why you chose Isaac.” Such a simple question, but the answer included a story which I think surprised him. This assignment came a few weeks after our pastor talked about the name Isaac in one of his sermons. In the…
Are you a Mary or a Martha? I like to think I’m a little of both, but when reality pushes me, I have to admit that I am more of a Martha. I have my lists to check off. For holidays and days with company, there is a frenzy of cleaning, baking, and cooking going…
Some think the Proverbs 31 woman is perfect and that she sets the bar too high to achieve, but I think she serves as an example of a hard working woman whose attributes we may imitate with goals that are possible to attain. Our cultures are different, but I do believe there are Proverbs 31…
Do you remember the song many children learn in Bible School, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so”? Well, I am not one to believe everything someone tells me. I am always checking things out and verifying facts. One day, my sons were running around singing the above song at…
When you were younger, did you ever pick the petals off a flower counting, “he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me, he loves me not, he loves me”? There are many silly games that we play, but none tell us if someone loves us or not. The only way to know if…
If you really stop and think about it, life is a miracle. We begin as two cells join and multiply, and we become such complex, unique individuals. All life is miraculous. From the amoeba to an insect to a whale or a rabbit to a redwood tree to water to the earth’s cycles, everything is…
I love the stories about people who have trusted God to provide. For example, there was a man who needed food to feed the children at an orphanage. He told only God of this need and waited. A milk truck broke down in front of the orphanage so the children had milk. A baker baked…
This is a story of how I fuss while waiting on God’s answers, yet in His goodness, He helps. It is the story of my daughter Emily’s uneven legs. On Saturday, June 27, 2015, our 12-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, informed us that her sister’s left leg was an inch longer than her right. Of course, the…
I love new calendars–they’re like a clean slate. On my new calendar, I like to pencil in my appointments and goals. The first of the year and the month we return to school are two times of the year that I use to reevaluate my goals, though I do try to assess them each month…