Thoughts and encouragement on divorce, remarriage, blended family, and what it really means to be a Christian.
Guys, I just went to pick up "Four" from his refereeing job at the local soccer field. And I did it in my slippers, with no make-up, with a ceramic mug full of tea in my hand. He wasn't even properly embarrassed, even after I announced loudly I was there to watch him in my [...]
“I’ve been convinced that LGBT Christians have a special role to play in teaching the church how to be Christian.” ― Rachel Held Evans, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church When I was growing up, there was that one boy in youth group that everyone had a crush on. You know the type; drop dead [...]
We have a variety of special needs in our house. Two of my kiddos take medicine to help them manage their day. Sometimes the younger of the two struggles to remember to take her medicine. Not to worry though, the older one has everything under control... I walked into the kitchen and saw this on [...]
“...faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out ahead of time.” ― Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood Rachel Held Evans died today. I'm still having trouble believing it. I loved Rachel's writings. Her blog posts and her books. While [...]
Why do family relationships have to be this way? I haven't posted in a while. Partly because I've been sick as a dog for like a week, and partly because we've been busy with the Easter season and with selling our house. Yup. We're moving. Because who doesn't like packing up a house of eight [...]
There is something about the presence of a cat... that seems to take the bite out of being alone.Louis J. Camuti Guys, there is a cat sitting on my lap. No wait! You do not understand how huge this is! This is like "the parting of the Red Sea" huge! A miracle of biblical proportions! [...]
It's gross outside today. Two degrees Celsius and drizzling. It's grey and gloomy and a good day to crawl into bed and not come out again. However, that's not what I did. I took my beautiful spring jacket from being clean and presentable to covered in dusty and muddy streaks from hauling tires like a [...]
