Read The Engagement {part 1 – if I could keep you little}. My mind was trying to wrap around the fact that my “boy” was turning into a man and had marriage deep in his heart. When he first brought up the subject, I figured I had about a year to prepare my heart and mind for this big step…. Read More
Archives for December 2011
The Engagement {if I could keep you little}
I wrote these posts in advance to chronicle the days of this mom’s little boy getting engaged. The engagement was a surprise, so I’ll be posting this week what led up to the big moment. It was a special journey! However, itt seems like yesterday we were capturing his growth on his bedroom wall (HERE). Snips and snails and puppy… Read More
Home for the Holidays
Can you remember what it was like before cell phones, computers, internet, and texting? I know some of you reading can’t, but I can. There’s one vivid memory I have. It was Christmas. My first Christmas as a wife, a military wife at that. My first Christmas in a foreign country and my first Christmas not to be at home…. Read More
{Unwrapping Jesus} when the light fades
I did it! I finally got my tree up. I know, I’m running just a little behind this year. But it was a great moment. I could breathe and I think I actually saw the stress fall off my shoulders. We sat the tree up properly, plugged in the lights and . . . urgh! I sense the stress wanting… Read More
The Lowly Babe Came for the Lowly
Infant holy. Infant lowly. As the bright lights twinkle this holiday season, my mind keeps going to the stable. A stable unprepared to meet a King. Not that a stable is ever ready to welcome a King, but a stable that was a last minute birthing unit for the King of kings because the Inn was full. I raised lambs,… Read More
Tuesdays Unwrapped {i want to see}
I peer out the window of my soul. I can see God all around. It is evident He is here. I see His hand everywhere — the creation, the color, and the beauty. But yet the silence is deafening. If you are here God, I want to see. I want to see your hand mightily in my life.I want to… Read More