All About Love

Love: More Blessed to GiveWhenever I’m fortunate enough to spend time with young children, I am reminded how deeply they value love and relationships. They give love all they’ve got. It’s like they’re born wired to love. Our younger grandson Cadence came for a visit and sleepover on Friday. We visited the park on Friday […]


Happy Thanksgiving!

Love Lives HereTomorrow we gather to give thanks. This year, I am especially thankful for our home. Not because it is particularly fine or grand, as those words are commonly used to describe a house. I am thankful for our home because it is the locus of our life as a family. We rest here, […]


Give us This Day

Just-in-Time ProvisionI’ve posted before (here and here, for example) about my dear friend Elizabeth and her young son John. They face many challenges as they reestablish their lives far, far away from us. They have been guests of friends in their new community, but Elizabeth has located an apartment and they are eagerly planning to […]


Instruments of Praise

Wondering what He has in StoreOne of my favorite songs includes the line, “These hands that You have made/are instruments of praise.” [Note: edited to add the link to the song video] I’ve been thinking about that line a lot, lately, as I’ve made the rounds between the rheumatologist, the occupational therapist, and the orthopedic […]


Two Steaks and a Side of Redemption

A Little Girl’s InsistenceThree years ago today, Rich (who is now my husband) and I went on our “first date.” He took me to a steakhouse. We were seated at a nice quiet booth in the corner. In the adjacent booth, a young family was enjoying dinner. The little girl, who was preciously beautiful and […]