This is what the father who lives here wanted to watch. The whole show is all about figuring out what things are worth. Sometimes they consult experts. What is valuable to you? — Best regards, Sheila sheilalagrand.com
Come as You Are!
June 15, 2012 By
Just as You Are. Right Now. Even if Your Sweater is Crooked. Humbled, not DiscouragedA passage in my Bible struck me as I read it a few days ago. I’ve read this passage before, but on this occasion it leaped off the page. “Don’t wait until you’re ready,” I heard. I’m sharing the passage here […]
My First Job
June 13, 2012 By
Your Assignment, Boys, is to Make Funny Faces Before Bedtime. Grandsons Cadence (5), and Ayden (7). January, 2012. The Unexpected “Paycheck” I was 11 the summer our Neighbor Lady asked me to help her out around her home. She was babysitting two grandchildren and wanted me to supervise the children while she was out attending […]
Chasing Silhouettes: Guest post by Emily Wierenga
June 11, 2012 By
[My friend Emily Wierenga blogs at Imperfect Prose and at Chasing Silhouettes. Today she’s sharing about her forthcoming book, Chasing Silhouettes: How to Help a Loved One Battling an Eating Disorder.] The Skinny on the Book by E. Wierenga The nurses murmured to each other under fluorescent lighting as I lay shivering on the metal […]
Passion, Public Discourse, and Politics
June 8, 2012 By
Little League All-Stars. Heard the one about the candidate who was caught burning a flag on a fire built of banned books, while making out with his seventeen-year-old boyfriend in the back seat of his wife’s car, parked at the hospital where his special-needs child was undergoing emergency treatment for cancer? Me either.Not yet.But I think […]
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