I can hear Husband outside the window cutting the final pieces for our little porch. What’s the big deal? The porch is the last major project in our house building adventure. Some small jobs like doorknobs, an outside light, and glass for the Craig’s List garage door remain, but we are finally on the home…
Category: Inspiration
The Prophet
Special Easter edition. Here is a short story meant to be read to school age children. Maybe you’ll want to read it to a child you love this Easter. Warning: the question at the end may start a conversation! “Hi! My name is Simeon. I’m seven years old. I woke up early this morning because…
Storytelling
Forty-nine years ago this week my mother died. She was only 55 years old and I was 16. A few days ago Husband was asking me questions about the events around her death when the tears started flowing. (you can read more here.) I’m always shocked at the raw emotion I still have about her…
True Love
Two heart-wrenching phone calls in one day. A marriage flying apart. An engagement languishing. We ache from a deep place inside. Sadness wants to swallow us up. We flounder in a pit of sorrow. Is there something we should do? How do we think about this? Did we contribute to these sad situations? Soul searching,…
Spring Check List
It doesn’t feel like Spring here. Cold rain and wind, freezing nights. But the daffodils are blooming and this week the willows leafed out and the plums blossomed. They apparently don’t pay attention to the rain and cold, they just do what they should do, no matter what. So even though I don’t feel like…
Dust to Dust
“I know what we can do. We’ll get more cats,” quips Husband-the-cat-‘hater’. I have to chuckle through my tears. Another crisis, but we’ll live through it still married. Sanding dust covers everything. The plywood base for countertops was perfectly cut and attached to the new base cabinets, then puttied and sanded. The sanding dust hangs…