6 Feelings I’m Feeling about Back to School Last week my two oldest birdies flew.  Maybe not the way I would have pictured life, five years ago, but here I am. A first-time “Kindergarten” mom. Yes, I have a little girl in Kindergarten, but I’m talking about my older boys. The ones who will be in 4th and 2nd grade are my making feel like I’m in a glass case of emotions. I’m the kindergarten mom, who will cry cried buckets…
The Soap Bible Study Method As I sat with a friend, she was sitting next to me in the chair pulled over from across the room. I sat in the swivel chair. Foil and pink highlights stuck out froth top of my head. As she crossed her legs, and leaned on the arm rest, I looked at my sweet friend. Her eyes glistened as she told me this coming weekend was her baby’s birthday. The one who passed away just…
How Every Mile Matters and to Forgive Yourself Miles. A distance we travel. Sitting across from her, with her long dark hair hiding her ears, she shared the distance she had traveled. It began with a restless heart. The hands which sought something else, anything else, the wrong-else, gripped the coffee mug. I sat in the booth across the table and looked at this girl. Bread laid untouched in a plastic clear bowl. I din’t even sip my lemonade. Her…
The Grow Bible Study Method The seeds that we had planted and watered are now dead. It was a sad sight coming home from China to find our sunroom filled with death. The dried leaves, crinkling off with a slight touch reminded me of my own heart when I fail to water and allow the Light to shine. We can do the Bible Reading. We can be faithful with the details and the checklists, but do we really water our…