Is there one place in your home where most of your memories are made? For us, it’s our kitchen. It has been this way for as long as I can remember. Even the most trivial memories are made here.
Read MoreWithout many words this week, I wanted to share something that I have been thinking about almost every day over the last month.
What we believe about God, our family’s should see daily.
Read MoreToday, I find myself in a hospital. Just waiting and waiting. Thankful for the books we brought along to pass the time. I’m never good at waiting, ever. Are you? I usually can’t even stand at our sink long enough to fill a water jug, but today, here I wait for hours.
Read MoreHave you noticed that we are once again headed into the holiday season? And I’m sure that your family is just as busy as ours. We have Halloween, a milestone birthday for my father, 3 different Thanksgiving meals, a couple Christmas’s and a New Year’s Eve celebration, and then right into a small stack of family birthdays. The focus: food and gifts.
Read MoreHave you ever looked at the dictionary definition of the word parent? It’s pathetic.
“A father or a mother.'' If you take it one step further and look up father and mother, now the dictionary tells us about offspring with nothing to note about who a father or mother actually is. True to this definition when I call my youngest daughter, her phone identifies me as…
Read MoreThis week I found myself blanching and freezing some fresh sweet white corn. It’s very late in the season, but I really wanted a few cups for the winter. It reminded me of the time we spent with Grandma when the kids were little. At that point, I was freezing 10 to 12 dozen ears of corn and husking them would have been….
Read MoreHow have your last few weeks been? For me, I have been very aware of life’s dramatic extremes.
The quiet times of an empty house and the busy times of a house full of people we love, including our children. Our plants giving us the last of their sweet peppers while the annual herbs wilt and die just next to them.
Read MoreHave you ever lost a family tradition? When traditions change, we are affected and our families are impacted. My husband, Bryce, shares one his experiences with us.
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