"I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.'" Psalm 91:2
In family life, there are little storms that make us a little queasy, and then there are the big ones that threaten to capsize us or break our little ships apart. Batten down the hatches and don’ lose hope. The sunshine always follows the rain.
I am sitting on my couch with a computer on my lap, contemplating this strange season in the life of my family. Things are rather unnaturally calm at the moment, but there are rough seas behind us, and we cannot see what waits around the bend.
Continue readingIt was a sultry September afternoon when I first laid eyes on Beau. I had been in labor all day, but things were not progressing, so the nurse was lobbying for a labor-inducing drug to speed things along. I wasn’t fond of the idea, and
Continue readingIt was a breathless week, but after some financial gymnastics by the very helpful financial aid office at her university, we were awarded enough assistance and student loan opportunities for my sweet girl to begin her pursuit of higher education. God didn’t answer our
Continue readingDing dong… Opening the front door slowly, I was taken off guard by the hopeful face on the other side…and the double stroller on the sidewalk behind her. My across-the-street neighbor, whom I had just met at a neighborhood cookout a few days before, stood
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