It’s not like I didn’t want to have a daily time of Bible reading. I did. It’s not like I thought praying on the run when I remembered it in emergencies was the best way to develop a rich prayer life. I didn’t. But how in the world was a busy mother of two children […]
Tag: Mother
Hospital room a few days after Thanksgiving, my sister and I on either side of a bed, watching the frail, failing body of our mother. Darkness broken only by the glow of machines designed to monitor the presence, or absence, of life. Mom has been unresponsive for a few days now. Faint echoes of hospital […]
Both Shoes Dropped
Backstory: I have learned that sometimes you just have to buy a nice pair of shoes for your kiddo because they simply last longer… I bought my eight year old a very nice, very expensive pair of Nike, all leather basketball shoes about a year ago. Since then, I’ve replaced the shoelaces 5x, hand washed […]
Pirates in the House
[From Falcon Tales] My three year old is very sick; he’s got a nasty sinus infection and is on a Z Pack for it. He is definitely getting better and frankly would be better if he WOULD.JUST.SLEEP. This morning I found him singing loudly with his 6 year old brother in his bed. He […]
