Category: In the States

Worth the risk

“There is no safe investment. To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must… Read More

Under the broom bush

It’s been silent on here a long time. Over four months to be exact. I left you on the eve of heart surgery, contemplating the faithfulness of the Lord in the past as we moved into the scary… Read More

Smoke

I happen to believe that I’m privileged to live in one of the most beautiful regions in the country. We’re a valley filled with sunshine and blue skies for much of the year. We look over the Columbia… Read More

Let’s go fly a kite

Tonight was pure magic. And I almost missed it.

Great Expectations

One of our best gifts this year wasn’t found under the tree. Yes, this Christmas season is full of expectations for our family. But this story, like that first Christmas story, doesn’t begin during the Christmas season. Its… Read More

Lessons from the driver’s seat

I love how throughout scripture, the Lord uses story and analogy to help us better understand Him and His character. Of course all analogies break and fall short at some point – being that they are but dim… Read More

Eight Months Early

Today, Bella flat out refused her afternoon nap. It was really my fault – she had stolen an odd catnap here and there earlier in the day as we went on a shopping adventure. But the punishment for… Read More

Savor

In this life of work from home mama to littles there is a lot of scurrying and hurrying. There never seem to be quite enough hours in the day to actually do and fold and put away the… Read More

Working on the jiggly parts

One of my oldest and dearest friends is getting married in May. She pre-dates kids, pre-dates Jeff, pre-dates China. Which means she’s walked through all of those adventures with me. And when Bella happened she bought a plane… Read More

An Evening in Eden

Photo credit: Stephanie Nunley Photography The evening was drawing to a close. Bella sat in my lap, snuggly jammies, eyes half-mast, hand wrapped tight round my thumb, contentedly slurping her last meal of the day. Eliana danced across… Read More