by Robin | Dec 15, 2015 | My Daily Grace
More than 500,000 twinkling red, blue, yellow, and green lights. Sparkling flowers, trees, and shrubs. Decked-out treehouses. Fountains spouting in time to Christmas music. Thousands of smiling, laughing, crying, strolling, oohing-and-ahhing visitors, including my own...
by Robin | Dec 9, 2015 | My Daily Grace
By my silence, you would think I haven’t experienced much in the way of God’s grace the past couple of weeks. Yes, it’s been tough being away from home, Hubby, and my little people, and surprisingly I’ve had less time to write, think, sleep, or breathe. But in all of...
by Robin | Nov 22, 2015 | My Daily Grace
He chews on anything he can sink his sharp little teeth into—stuffed animals, my leather sandals, socks—except his own toys and rawhides. Three times a day we toss his mat into his crate. Three times a day he drags it back into the den. Every now and then he still has...
by Robin | Nov 20, 2015 | My Daily Grace
When our repairman asked, “How many kids do you have?” I told him twenty—that’s how it felt that day. I guess that’s how it looked, too, because he responded, “Your family is like an ant colony. You know, when you see an anthill from afar you see chaos, lots of...
by Robin | Nov 17, 2015 | My Daily Grace
When I told M&M he had to apologize for hitting his friend he calmly explained, “But I don’t know how to talk.” Um, yes, that got the side-eye. Needless to say, he found the words he was looking for. Actually, M&M and I have a lot in common. For instance, I...
by Robin | Nov 16, 2015 | My Daily Grace
Remember counting down to the big day when you were a kid? Well, that’s what we’re doing over here, and we’re down to ten days—ten days until the Crusader arrives home for Thanksgiving break. Maven has been planning out his favorite breakfast (fried chicken and...
