Life from the Rear View

Life from the Rear View

“Back in the 20th century, during the 1900s…” Wait. Hold up. Songbird and I weren’t discussing women’s suffrage or the Model T. We were talking about my childhood. Hubby pointed out that if God blesses us with seeing our grandkids,...
Things That Go Bump! in the Mind

Things That Go Bump! in the Mind

The other night M&M woke up, crying about the monster in his room. It took quite a bit of prayer and smooth talking to soothe him back to sleep. And this wasn’t the first time. We’ve found ourselves in his room at 2 a.m. because he’s insisting...
Wait in the Water

Wait in the Water

Pastor Livingston’s Sunday message painted a beautiful picture of Exodus 2: Jochebed, devoted mother…cradling her infant, hiding him from the world; weeping over him, praying for him; fashioning that basket of bulrushes and reluctantly setting it afloat...
Breaking Bread

Breaking Bread

Tonight I was in the mood for my favorite cafe. Nevermind the perfectly good dinner I’d already prepared at home. Nevermind the calories and budget. I was going to buy a chocolate chip cookie for Brown Sugar, the Thai chicken salad for Hubby, and an Italian BMT on...
Turning a New Page

Turning a New Page

Songbird never liked the ending to Dr. Seuss’s The Butter Battle Book. “’We’ll see…?’ What does that mean? And what’s with the blank page?” So, today, she stopped stewing over it, and googled the meaning behind it. Once she did she was surprised to...
My Wedding Gift

My Wedding Gift

Thanks to technology, modern transportation, and sheer force of will, I thought I could run two households. While hundreds of miles away, I called myself taking care of home, selecting wardrobes, arranging hairstyles, planning meals, fussing and praising, correcting...

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