Cheek to Cheek (Bruises, Curses and Kisses)

The cheeks of a two-year-old are delightfully irresistible, which is why I kiss them as often as I can. This morning, in fact, I leaned over and planted one on Levi’s tender cheek for a reason I cannot remember, but he quickly pulled back in pain. Yesterday he fell...

Bittersweet (the end of Christmas Vacation)

She stands at the top of the stairs in her soft pink and green pajamas – the ones with the ruffles on the ends of each sleeve.  Her long blond hair is tousled and tumbling, fresh from a shower the night before.  Lit by the light of the Christmas tree,...

An Introvert’s One Word Post (363 days late)

Last year was my first year blogging through the New Year and the first time I was exposed to OneWord365. Alece Ronzino came up with the concept of praying for One Word that encapsulates what God might be inviting you into in the year ahead and a whole community has...

This is Our Story (Bearing the Light)

This is a reading I wrote for the Christmas Eve service at our church a few years back.  Merry Christmas to you and yours and may you be blessed by the Light that shines! In the beginning was the Word      and the word was with God,...

We Are Held in the Dark

“. . . and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by . . .”  Exodus 33:22 My twin boys travel the steep wooden stairs, short legs stretching with a two-year-old’s...
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