Nov 25, 2009 | Faith & Family, Holidays & Celebrations, Thanksgiving
Carve the turkey, make the pie, watch football, hit the Black Friday sales… For most of us, all of those key ingredients make up our Thanksgiving weekend, but this year, why not add in some engagement that doesn’t normally occur around the family table?...
Nov 15, 2009 | Faith, Faith & Family
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress… Few receive the calling to adopt, but what of yourself can you share in the mandate to look after orphans and widows? Don’t...
Nov 11, 2009 | Faith & Family
There are no words to describe this amazing experience; the dichotomies are too numerous to journal. I am in a race against the clock since the electricity is going down again in ten minutes, and we just walked in the door. One truth is beyond evident. Unconditional...
Nov 11, 2009 | Faith & Family, Homeschooling
I had a fun surprise this morning when I received an email that I am a finalist for the Home school blog awards. Even though I don’t often post about my home school adventure, homeschooling has been our educational path since day one, with our oldest now a...
Nov 10, 2009 | Faith, Faith & Family
Update live from Ecuador (Nov. 10, 2009) Informed that my sister-in-love and I would not get to see my nephew until Wednesday when the official paperwork was completed, we were blown away when our host asked us first thing this morning, “Would you like to go see...
Oct 25, 2009 | Faith & Family, Trash to Treasure
There’s a funny thing about writing a blog such as mine. My desire is that you really feel like you “know” me. Yet as much as I want to be an “open book” and share both the beauty and bedlam of my life, there are many things that I just...
