tuesday with ms. daisy

by | Jun 7, 2010 | family, Tuesdays Unwrapped

With the sun dipping behind the trees and the dinner dishes still on the table, I watched her grab her purse. As she headed for the back door, he grabbed his keys and joined her, hand on the small of her back. We’re going for a ride. Wanna come? I couldn’t...

eight years later

by | Jun 23, 2009 | family, Tuesdays Unwrapped

Today, we celebrate grace and forgiveness and watching movies on the couch. We celebrate what was before, when life together was new and all about us. We celebrate what is now, with kids and blurry days of task and sit-down dinners and one-more-story. And we celebrate...

the summer

by | May 31, 2009 | family

When this week is done, the hectic will begin to slow and we will settle in to the slower rhythm of summer. At least, that is what I tell myself. The busy season of youth ministry is really just beginning. But summer is a sweet time of it with the seniors still around...

so I married a youth pastor

by | May 18, 2009 | family

I don’t talk much here about The Man’s job because it’s his job and well, you know. That also means I don’t talk much about our church here because church is The Man’s job. But today, I’m talking about both. Our church values...

sweet dreams that leave all worries behind

by | Oct 1, 2008 | family

I want to move with my man and the children we have made to a faraway land and live off the fruit of trees and honey from the hives we tend with our own hands.I want to walk barefoot in the grass and make sandcastles and read stories and sing.I want my high school...