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to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
When I Stopped Trying To Change My Spouse
As our son's high school graduation quickly approaches, I've spent days going through photos of simpler times. Precious memories are attached to each photo of years past. I came across an album of candid shots from our wedding day of nearly 23 years ago. Oh, how young...
Yep, I’m That Mom
I'm that mom. You know her. The one who is the strictest, the meanest, the one who doesn't allow disrespect from her children. I believe it's hereditary, because my mom was the same way. I vividly remember yelling at her, "I hate you!!," when I was sixteen. I...
Love Note To My Lefe’s – April 2015
Each month I write a note to the the three I'm blessed to journey through life with, my family. Here it is for the month of April, in poem form: Bill, Alissa & Zach, April 2015 has come and gone, and what a beautiful month it was. With many memory-making...
Five Minute Friday – Door
Here we go! It's again Five Minute Friday. I missed last week, as we were in Chicago at the Show Choir National Championships. (My son's show choir took 3rd Place in the entire nation, by the way!) But it's good to be back with the Five Minute Friday gang. Here we...
His Love Is Enough
I've given my son, who's a high school senior, some encouraging advice lately. "Don't look at all you have to do. Just do the next thing." "Trust God in your disappointments, and recount your blessings." "Nothing happens in life that isn't sifted through God's hands...
When Life Gets Too Serious
Deadlines to meet. Decisions to make. Duties to do. Schedules to keep track of. Commitments to keep. Bills to pay. Carpools. Laundry. Emails. Homework. It's no wonder how life can get too serious. And if we're not careful, so can we. It's been weeks of working late,...
