Today our church closed by singing this hymn. Our younger son was personally and deeply offended that although he watched our worship director sing it, I did not have it on my phone. To him, the phone is the keeper of all music ever written. I had to convince him I don't have every song …
The Top of Our Fridge
When Derek and I were dating and first married, we would rotate where we would have Sunday dinner every week after church--either his parents' house or mine. After dinner, regardless of whose side of the family we ate with, we would close dinner with devotions. Derek was usually the one to get the Bible for …
How We Dwell
It's been a hot minute and a half since our last post in January. Honestly, it doesn't feel like it should be almost Thanksgiving...but here we are. I took the last half a year and then some off from blogging and instead enjoyed being. Honestly, it was kind of nice! I never want to write …
The Biggest of Changes
Sometimes, even with the best of intentions, we have to make hard calls that mean major changes. In this particular instance, we're making the biggest of changes to make room for the smallest of people. As I've written about before, when we applied for our third international adoption in September, we did so wholeheartedly. We …
Present
Present: (adj.) being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current. I normally don't do New Year's resolutions, and I've never specifically set out to choose a "word" for my year, but this year I really want (and need) to keep my focus on something to remind me to stay in the moment...and I …
Looking Another Direction
I never considered to look the other way; I was always so focused on the obvious beauty in front of me that I didn't consider the beauty around me.
our simple life 