Breathing deeply, blinking a lot. Smiling bigger. Gahhhhhhh the day is here: Kindergarten. Ben & I joined millions of other parents from around the world this fall as we said good by to our oldest child entering his first year of school. We made it. :) He woke up and came out wearing just his back pack and with a sleepy smile murmured, "I'm ready to go to kindergarten." We … [Read more...]
More music that is rocking my soul- the lyrics on this new album of Derek's are sharpening me, at times painfully. I love music that I don't always understand the full meaning of the first time through, I've been chewing on these two songs the last few weeks. Listen & share and hey- his album is available for pre-sale on his website. Order it. "I'm always looking for the right … [Read more...]
I feel fairly comfortable sharing my weaknesses here- it's a safe place for me and I feel anyone that comes here and decides to stay and read is doing it because they want to. I'm not shouting from a soapbox on a street corner, commanding people to pay attention to me- instead I feel sometimes like we are having a quiet conversation in a dimly lit coffee bar, as we lounge on comfortable chairs … [Read more...]
Most of you didn't know, some of you had heard and a few of you knew it all. We had expected to be living somewhere else this week. I've lightly mentioned it, but it started last July, when we both felt God tell us we were moving to the mountains. We pursued the avenue we felt he called us through. and it didn't work out. Simply, it wasn't his will. Perhaps it's at this time, perhaps … [Read more...]
