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Forgetting The Cupcakes

Posted by on May 10, 2013 | 0 comments

It was Jeffrey’s 8th birthday… and Mommy woke up with a terrible headache. Jeff sweetly told me he would take Jeffrey to school, so I hugged Jeffrey, took some ibuprofen, and went back to bed. A little while later, Jeff came into the room and said “Jeffrey said he needs cupcakes by 10:00.” My first thought was not “Oh no, I forgot Jeffrey’s cupcakes.” It was “I’m going to be late to work.” Then I started crying. What is wrong with my brain? My heart and mind have been so consumed elsewhere lately that I seriously forgot my son’s cupcakes? And then my mind STILL went to work first? I have a tendency to jump...

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Finding the Art

Posted by on Apr 15, 2013 | 0 comments

I’ve been missing it. The art of being. I’ve also been missing the way I normally process it all. The keyboard. It’s been too long and my fingers have been longing to brush the keys. The same fingers have been attempting to make art elsewhere. But tonight here I am. Too many times during my day-to-day, I miss the art. My mind and heart get caught up in the stuff to do. I forget to just be. But when we learn to just be, God shows us the art that He has given us everywhere… He is just waiting for us to take time to look for it. And while we’re missing it… while we’re playing on our iPhones… while we’re getting that...

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This One Safe Place

Posted by on Dec 17, 2012 | 2 comments

  My eyes followed him a little longer today as he walked up the sidewalk to school. It’s hard to put into words what we are all feeling, now three days after the incomprehensible tragedy of Friday, December 14th, 2012. How? Why? These words keep echoing in my mind, accompanied by more tears. I was writing this post about True Contentment while everything was going on Friday. Little did I know what my eyes were about to see on the news… and how my newly learned lesson was going to be tested. Maybe you were, as I was, immediately gripped with fear and worry. Maybe anger. We’ve probably all been through every emotion possible over the last few days....

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Not Just The Perfect Ones

Posted by on Jun 18, 2012 | 10 comments

My heart is continually drawn to the ocean. Not sure why, but it seems like God speaks to me more clearly when those waves are roaring around me. About a month ago, my mom and I took Beach Baby to Cherry Grove for a couple of days. That little boy teaches me so much. All of my kids do really, but there is something about the third child that makes everything more noticeable. He loved crawling around on the sand… seeing what interesting things he could find… things that he would eventually put up to his mouth so Mommy could shout “NO!” The seashells intrigued him. He picked up shells and flipped them over, seemed to observe every ridge, every hole,...

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The Sweetness Of It All

Posted by on Jun 1, 2012 | 10 comments

He talked about it for two days. A date with Mommy. As we left the house, I noticed his sweet little hands cupping the crumpled up dollar bills that he had collected. Getting out of the car, he reached for my hand. Not the norm for this 7-year-old who is growing up too fast. We walked into Pizza Inn (the chocolate pizza place), sat down, and just enjoyed each other. At times, I forgot he was 7. Like the moment he talked about how happy he was to be on a date with me… or the moment when he raised his hand up specially fixed into the “I love you” handshape. Pointed straight at me, coupled with a smile on his face. How have I been so blessed? Then I was...

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Worship Wednesday: A Beach Baby’s Worship

Posted by on May 30, 2012 | 7 comments

This week, I’ve been thinking about how everything we do can be worship. Everything. The routine mundane things that are second nature, the words we say, the way we smile at our kids and our husbands, how we take care of our homes, how we do our jobs. Worship is not just songs we sing. Worship doesn’t just happen on Sundays. Worship is not only what happens within the 4 walls of the church building. Worship is what we should be doing with our lives. This is a lesson I learned about 9 months ago… from my baby boy. Here’s the story (written September 2,...

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