Unobservant Mom
Last summer I put my kids on an airplane to spend a week with my parents. That is not the easiest thing to do, regardless of the fact that it was a direct one-hour flight and they were together. It was...
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Not so bad words
Have you ever noticed that some of the more mild language is subjective? It can be funny when you meet people that allow the ones you don’t like or forbid the ones that you use. My daughter was...
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Gospel Tracts
I have been told that Gospel tracts are too offensive. Although, maybe it is the gospel itself which causes offense. After spending ten years in a church which discussed issue like: whether or not God...
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The best mother ever
I once wrote an article about how to get your kids to read. I was over confident because I had two excelled readers. Then came an analytical third. He didn’t have the patience for fiction. Worse, he...
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Irony
This is a Cat Face Spider. When we first moved to Idaho, I found one in the yard and captured it. I didn’t think anything so ugly needed to live. Don’t get mad, it was right after we were tormented...
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More Irony
The only reason I know this is a preying mantis egg case is that we once ordered one. I followed direction precisely but still found a web near the orifice after it opened and assumed few made it out...
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Unsaveable
I like that un-saveable isn’t a real word. It shouldn’t be a concept either. But we do think it’s true sometimes–that a certain person (people) are not reachable for Christ, and some mission fields are...
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Teachers Are Bad Company
I am giving my copy away free (scroll down) Not all, some teachers are my favorite people. They have a noble calling, just like a police officer. But don’t be naive–just like a police officer–it is...
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Enough knowledge to hurt someone
In martial arts we have a joke: Orange belts only know enough to hurt someone. You might think the point of martial arts is to hurt — but it any yahoo can hurt. Just get behind the wheel of a car and...
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Ignoring the cat poop in the room?
It’s ridiculous how much I love this cat I didn’t want. Our cat now comes and goes as he pleases, and I love that he does his business outdoors. But once in awhile, when he was sick, or we go on...
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Is Pornography Infidelity?
My husband and I have been counseling married and about-to-be-married couples for several years now. Neither of us are educated in the world’s standards for physiology, so my opinion is that of a...
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All the places I’ve run
Hiawatha Trail It has been a very busy summer — mostly in August. I’m running R4HG again and kicked off training this spring in Bend, OR. It was so idyllic to start training that way. At one point I...
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Leaving Stuff Behind You
As I wake in a new house today, a mess filled with boxes, I’m reminded of a punishment I used when my kids were little and couldn’t keep their room clean. Once when the battle lines blurred with the...
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Killing me softly*
We had a water filter installed yesterday. During my year in Prague, we had to buy all of our water. So, I know better than to take drinkable water for granted. Image by David Mark from Pixabay But,...
View ArticleSubjectively Speaking
I have a memory of standing next to my grandmother in church and hearing her sing. She didn’t have an especially pleasant voice, but I found comfort in the sound. (To this day, I am more apt to sing...
View ArticleWhat choice gives you
I used to make myself finish a book before I started a new one. Somewhere during the last year or two, I picked up a second book and before a hot minute, it quickly spiraled. My currently-reading shelf...
View ArticleMy life’s work at a garage sale
Many years before the Breaking Bonds Series, I had two completed manuscripts which only family had seen. I met a man with a published book and told him how wonderful that would be—it was my dream. He...
View ArticleGimme some sugar, baby
One recommendation for a creative block is to change something. For the example of a writing book: write in a new location like a coffee shop, or write by hand instead of on your computer. Changing...
View ArticleWhere God guides
The first time I heard “Where God guides—He provides,” was during the time I desperately wanted to own a home, so we wouldn’t have to keep wondering where we’d live. I was standing on someone’s deck in...
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