What’s Next?

Alright. What’s next? The things that have to be done are done. The house is pretty clean for once. All 2 and half bathrooms are clean. The laundry is caught up. The girls are doing well in school. There is no crisis at work. My marriage is in a good place. The calendar is full of […]

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3/10/2019

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My Theology

Blessing of Brain Battles

I have always appreciated the way Wally and I could just “be” together. There doesn’t have to be constant conversation or even distracting background noise. We are just comfortable with each other in the silence. When we were first a couple, I would ask him what he was thinking about. When he would respond with, […]

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2/23/2019

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Parenting

Holding On And Letting Go

He had only been gone for 15 or so minutes when the phone rang. I had been enjoying the slow start to my Saturday and reading the news on my phone when his picture popped up. Swiping left, I answered his call. What could he had forgotten? He didn’t really need anything to help the […]

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2/20/2019

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Redeeming Valentine’s Day

It was the first time we had hired a babysitter. It was about that time of the afternoon when we needed to start to get ready to go out. But, we knew something wasn’t right. Our oldest was three months shy of her first birthday and she wasn’t quite herself. The baby thermometer confirmed our […]

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Perspective Problems

I know that they are cheesy and corny, but I really do like those “trick” photographs where the perspective makes reality look like something that really isn’t happening is, in fact, happening. The tourists look like they’re holding up the leaning Tower of Pisa or, like in the opening of the movie Despicable Me, the […]

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Mercy In, Mercy Out

Confession time. I rank sins. I judge people. I make assumptions. I consider myself better than others. Somehow I think I am more deserving of God’s grace. I am prideful. “It’s natural to want mercy for yourself but justice for others.” -Paul David Tripp This quote from my devotional this weekend stung. My ladies’ Bible […]