The Life of a Disney Princess

by | May 20, 2010 | family

So, Felicity graduated from college on Saturday, and this week she became the equivalent of a Disney Princess. Our school has been working for months on a musical based on the Psalty Songbook video series. And, Felicity played Charity Churchmouse. She did an awesome...

What I Didn’t Expect

by | May 16, 2010 | family, happy endings

I expected to feel proud. I didn’t expect to sob when I caught sight of her. We’d already been sitting in the auditorium for an hour (with six small children) when the graduation ceremony began. I was pretty sure the fatigue of the day, the soreness in my...

Here’s to Hope

by | May 4, 2010 | family, happy endings, mercy

This week, Wendell and I will celebrate 36 years of life together. I’m so grateful for what that means, for what he has given me in these decades. Here’s a list. It isn’t complete. In-laws.The kind you can share a back yard with and still be friends....

Birth Pains

by | Apr 26, 2010 | family, mercy

I was chatting with an expectant mom at our church this week, and she asked me about the story I always tell first-time mothers when they tweet something like, “tell me your tricks for getting labor started!” I felt the same way with our first child. I was...

Full Circle

by | Apr 12, 2010 | family, happy endings, mercy

I can’t imagine being Hannah in the Old Testament and giving my first-born and only son away to God. I mean, really giving. Not just standing at the altar one Sunday while the pastor prays and agreeing that we will “raise this child in the nurture and the...

No More Quitting

by | Mar 17, 2010 | family, writing

Writers have a tendency to be emotional. I think I’ve mentioned that before. And it isn’t a particularly good trait in a business that requires frequent rejections before one succeeds. My response to the roller-coaster of the business is to quit...