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, […]


Little Boys, Big Hearts

Grace with GrandsonsThis photo shows our younger grandson, Cadence, “driving” the plane, and our older grandson, Ayden, graciously letting his younger cousin take the wheel of the airplane. They are three and five now, but when this photo was taken last spring their birthday odometers had not yet ticked over for the year. When they […]


The Gift of Peace

What a Week!It’s been an unusually challenging–and rewarding–week around here. The last week of September marks some sad anniversaries in our home, as my husband’s oldest son and my mother both died in late September: Sean in 2006 and Mom in 2008. It also is a time of joy, as birthdays of our younger grandson, […]


Getting Around the Front Door

An Assist from a Two-Year-OldThis past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting my widowed father’s new lady friend. Dad brought her along for an informal barbeque we had planned on Sunday with my daughter, her boyfriend, and our younger grandson Cadence. I had been looking forward to the occasion. I didn’t want my dad […]


A Walk Through the Valley of the Shadow, Part Three

Travel OrdersIn two previous posts, (here and here), I have shared the story of my mother’s struggle with cancer and my awareness of God’s guidance through her illness. This time, God worked through my husband, Rich, to show me the right path to take. After my quick trip to Reno in late July, three weeks […]