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“Rachel Weeping for Her Children” and Christmas
In the aftermath of the terrible tragedy in Newton, the verses from Matthew’s nativity account have tumbled through my grieving thoughts dozens of times. “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud...
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Merry 9th Day of Christmas and Happy New Year!
I’ll be back to regular blogging next week. Since I didn’t get a Christmas letter out this year though, I thought I’d post a Christmas “letter” here instead. Can you believe it’s 2013 already? It...
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Save the Whales (for Dinner) & Other Earth Day Thoughts
“Green” and “carbon neutral” products are such a fad these days that it’s hard to walk down the street without some reminder to recycle, be carbon neutral, buy earth-friendly products, or even invest...
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Make the Most of Mealtimes
The dinner table holds many fond memories from my growing up years. After we’d eaten dinner as a family, we lingered around the table. Sometimes we sang. Sometimes we talked about current events....
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Fourth of July: Love and Allegience
July 4th is one of my favorite holidays. I love the stirring music, the vibrant colors, the beautiful fireworks and especially the rich legacy that we as Americans celebrate. But until recently, I...
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A Peek into our Summer
The first half of summer has simply flown by. With a new baby on the way and Rose starting school in earnest this fall, one of my main goals for the summer was simply to savor the moments with my...
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Introducing…
Edmund Páll Born Sunday at 12:03 a.m. Weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz. Rose was convinced it was a boy. Why? Because she’d been praying for a brother “for Will” for years. She is such a sweet, responsible big...
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Applesauce Making Day
One of my very favorite growing up memories was our yearly trek to a local apple orchard with some daer friends. Perched on the tree limbs, with the crisp scent of apples all around us, we held races...
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Happy Memories and Happy New Year!
On New Year’s Eve, I sat down to reminisce over the past year and write down a few memories. The children woke up before I could finish. By nap time I had the start of what seemed to be a cold. A nap...
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A Peek at Our Winter (Family Update)
After the coldest winter I remember since moving from Greenland at the age of six, the buds are swelling on the trees and the birds are singing a noisy welcome to spring. Before waving a happy farewell...
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Celebrate the Lord’s Day
Life in the Little House on the Prairie held a sweet charm for me as a girl. I wished I could live out on the prairie with Mary and Laura in a little log cabin, pick wild berries along the creek bed,...
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Simple Ways to Celebrate the Lord’s Day
The Lord’s Day isn’t a day of endless rules and boredom. It also isn’t just another day to cross stuff of the to-do list. The Lord’s Day is a day for worship, for fellowship, and for rest. In short,...
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Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims’ Five Kernels of Corn
What can moldy bread, an over-crowded ship, puking passengers, and five kernels of corn teach us about Thanksgiving? A lot. Several years ago I picked up William Bradford’s first hand account of life...
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3 Reasons We Celebrate 12 Days of Christmas
Did you ever wake up the morning after Christmas as a child totally dejected that the celebration was over already? You spent weeks (or even months) anticipating the big day, and it was over in just a...
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Ideas to Celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas (without going crazy)
God became Man to redeem mankind. It’s a simply staggering fact. It’s such an important part of our faith, we have chosen to celebrate Christmas for 12 days. That decision relieves a lot of the...
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Christmas Handprint Art
If I did crafty projects more often I would A.) get faster, B.) be more realistic about how long the craft would take, or C.) both. Since the crafting bug only hits a few times per year, I guess I’ll...
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Keeping Sight of the Big Picture
Brown shoes. I couldn’t get my mind off the brown shoes and pink-trimmed socks that clashed terribly with the adorable red, green, and black Christmas dress Meg was wearing. An annoyed shudder passed...
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Year-End Child’s Interview
Every once in a while, I think to pull out my phone and capture a hilarious or tender moment on video. I don’t do it nearly often enough though. As I was thinking about this and wondering what memories...
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Beauty in Weakness
After months of slacking off on exercise, I was determined to start this week out right. To get up early and exercise, shower, and read before the kids got up. At six o’clock Monday morning I was up,...
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