Parenting and faith walk hand in hand. Prayers from deep in the gut, crying out all of our hopes and dreams in desperation, an unlikely way to begin this amazing journey. Before our first child entered the world, she strongly affected our faith, strengthening the gravitational pull as we clung to Jesus for answers. For [...]
I Like Your Nice Voice
March 19, 2011
{I started this post six months ago. Provided I gather the courage, I’m clicking publish tonight.} ~~~~~~~~~~~~ While I was cuddling and cooing in Sing Song Mom to my wide-awake newborn the other morning, my 3yo daughter sidled up to me and said “Mom, I like your nice voice!” My nice voice. The surprise in [...]
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The Tenth One
January 23, 2011
“This is the one I have trouble with,” she whispered, pointing timidly to the children’s Bible resting on her lap. {sigh} The tenth one. I know it well. Do not want what belongs to anyone else. When we got home from church that morning, she went on. “I learned a lot about it at Christmas [...]
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She is Advent
November 30, 2010
The tree has been up for two days, and we already have a casualty. Poor Joseph. Stripped from his broken, once cozy, bell-shaped abode. Pried loose by the determined fingers of a curious 3 year old. The same curiosity and determination that unhinged the bell ornament; a gift from my sister’s years ago trip to [...]
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Finer Things Friday: Good Enough
November 4, 2010
My quizzical, trying-not-to-laugh look prompted an insistent “But Mom. They do match. See? This one’s pink and this one has a pink bow!” Impatient baby in one arm, a clock screaming “you’re late – again” and yes. It was. Good enough. I don’t even remember where we went that afternoon, but I do remember thinking [...]
Filed Under: Finer Things Friday, Lessons from the Littles
