Thinking Like a Child
As I was getting ready this morning, I was thinking (again!) about losing weight. It prompted a memory of a cute thing Mary Evelyn said when she was little. When she was around four, people made lots of comments about…
Category My Heart to Yours
Thank You, God, for Memories
I have been dreading June 2 this year, because of what our family went through one year ago this coming Sunday. That was when we joined a group of people that we didn’t want to join, the group of people…
Face Time
After the Last Supper, Jesus and His disciples went to the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus told most of them to sit and pray, before taking Peter, James, and John with Him. Then He left them, too, and went a little…
My Dress is Not Perfect
On a recent Sunday morning Ray and I visited the church of a dear couple we have known for 34 years. One of the joys of the morning was reconnecting with their only child who is now in her twenties.…
Hope
When families walk into a vendor hall at a homeschool convention, they find neat rows of booths stocked with curriculum and other useful resources. First time attendees are overwhelmed. I remember that feeling. The first time Ray and I “wide…
The Church Visitors
My husband Ray was in full-time ministry for over twenty years. During that time, we were in the role of welcoming people who visited church rather than being visitors ourselves. That has certainly changed this spring. Family visits and homeschool…