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Sometimes ten month old Levi rests his little hand on his twin brother Isaiah’s pudgy thigh when they ride side-by-side in the jogging stroller. It looks like an adorably casual gesture of affection. Occasionally they even appear to be holding hands as...
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We’re three weeks into our cardboard collection project. Our goal is to fill our back room from floor to ceiling with cardboard that we will then donate to Project Share. My original question was, “Can an empty box make a difference?” Here’s what I’ve...
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Snacks at our house are served in small glass Pyrex bowls. That and baby food and cereal and anything else that needs to be consumed. They’ve also been used to serve cheerios to pet ants in the backyard and make a perfect bed for my daughter’s small, white...
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“In him we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17:28 I stand in the back door watching as my four year old makes his way across the top of the monkey bars for the first time. The kids have tied a ribbon to one of the bars and use it for Diego-style...
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I can’t know exactly what happens, but I imagine it goes something like this: Ten month old Isaiah rolls over, pulls himself to the bars of his crib and stands slowly and deliberately to his feet. He starts to bounce a little, banging his chubby hand on...
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In his book, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, Donald Miller explores the idea of life as story. Miller describes talking with a friend who’s teenage daughter has gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd and is...
