Where there is a will…there is a way!

I grew up in a family who ate dinner together….
at the table…
with the TV turned OFF…
every night…
at 6pm. 

My Mom and Dad raised four children who were active, healthy, drug, alcohol & tobacco free, high academic achievers, student leaders with solid moral standards and a strong Christian faith.  Now while I don’t think that eating dinner together regularly [...]

Dedications, Commitments & Forever Church Families

This past Sunday was a very special day.

 We dedicated our dear Christiana to the Lord during the Sunday morning service at our church. As our entire family stood along with our pastor and his wife before our church family and dedicated this newest blessing back to the God who gave her to us I was [...]

So what if you don’t have the time….just do it!

To say that I don’t have time right now is like saying that Bill Gates just has a little extra “walking around money”. Yes that would be an understatement.
Besides the regular routine of  mothering, homeschooling, household management, my home based business and my “part time” job (yada yada)… I am working ’round the clock on the [...]

Deep breathing

I finally figured it out!
Yes, after twenty years of motherhood it has finally hit me what the real purpose of the Lamaze classes were, that I took prior to the birth of my first child.  Just in case you have not yet experienced labor & delivery and you think that the purpose of these classes is to help [...]

How to survive an economic crisis

Finally something in the news that I have expertise in.
I am an expert on the subject of economic crisis….no really, I am!  I mean after all I have lived most of my adult life (except for a few short “glory years” of phenomenal success with my home based business) in a state of economic crisis. [...]

The peaceful progression

This is how things have progressed since my post yesterday -

Daniel’s abscess became worse
Went back to the doctor who took one look and admitted us to the hospital
Stopped by the house for an overnight bag and to kiss the sisters
Checked into the hospital (always an ordeal)
IV’s inserted – which is a major feat with an [...]

Perfect Peace

 ”You (God) will keep in perfect peace 
 him whose mind is stayed on you, 
 because he trusts in you.
Trust in the LORD forever,  for God, the LORD, is the Rock eternal.”
Isaiah 26:3-4
This is a passage from the daily scripture reading I have sent to my email inbox and this morning it could not be any more appropriate and applicable to [...]

It is bittersweet

Tonight I stood in the hallway of my daughters apartment building in New York and said goodbye.  Tomorrow morning I will get on an airplane and fly 3000 miles back to our home in California.  It is bittersweet. For those of you who may be sending a child off to college this fall (or perhaps off to the military, a missions [...]

The starting gun sounds

Today my third daughter, Kristen will begin her freshman year at Jim Elliot Christian High School.  I have to tell you my heart is breaking a little.  I know all to well that this day is like the bang of the starting gun that marks the final race of her time home with us.  The next four years will go [...]

What’s wrong with this picture?

The first photo is the thermometer on our back porch which reads 86 degrees at 7:50pm tonight.  The second photo is our thermostat inside our home which reads 91 degrees!  What’s wrong with this picture?  I’ll tell you!
It is just WRONG that it is cooler outside my house than it is inside when I have [...]

More than is humanly possible

In the next 10 days I have more to do than is humanly possible!  Have you ever had one of those times in your life – when you look at your calendar, appointments, “to do” list and upcoming deadlines – and simply feel overwhelmed with the weight of what has to be done? Of course [...]

File under: What was I thinking?

 What was I thinking??
Have you ever muttered those words or had them flash across your brain like a neon light?  I have had a knack for doing a few not so brilliant things in my life where those words were not just said or thought by me, but by many others as well.  A few examples (at [...]

My “beautiful” bathroom

It’s all a matter of perspective.
You see, the “master” bathroom in our 50+ year old home is not usually my favorite place to be.  While I dream of having a large beautiful bathroom complete with a jacuzzi tub, a huge waterfall type shower with a place to sit down to shave, “his & her” sinks and a [...]

Uncharted Territory

I remember the day clearly. 
I was sitting in the “pristine” living room (ahhh…can you remember when your “pre children” home actually stayed clean for longer than two minutes?) of our small apartment as the summer sun streamed through the windows. Next to me on the couch was another soon to be first time mother, several years [...]