I mentioned last November (here) that I adamantly believe Thanksgiving is intended to be a verb, not a noun that takes place once a year.  

Yesterday, as we played the afternoon away on the lake, I was inspired by a thankful heart and found myself actively giving thanks from one moment to the next.  As healthy, happy li...

Where to begin? I guess first of all I have to brag a bit that I have FINALLY gotten into a workout routine I'm sticking to. It's been 2 months of hitting the gym or swimming laps 3 - 5 times a week. Go me! I'm also trying hard to avoid refined sugars and carbs during the week, but indulging (often over-indulging, I confess) on the weekends.  And I'm feeling so much better emotionally.  

C22

poem by Ellen Bau

At gate C22 in the Portland airport

a man in a broad-band leather hat kissed

a woman arriving from Orange County.

They kissed and kissed and kissed.  Long after

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My husband did a great job taking care of the boys this weekend while I had a special retreat at the MOM HEART Conference lead by Sally Clarkson.  Two wonderful days being bathed in encouragement, watching the self-imposed condemnation of not being a perfect mother literally falling from my shoulders and those of the women all around me.  Truly refreshing.  And now this morning, in our quiet home, as my three boys play with their Knights and Horses, and Sa...

A friend sent out a Prayer Request on Facebook one day asking everyone to lift up sincere prayers for a family friend of theirs; a young man named Keinan who had a terrible football injury.  The Doctors, she reported, "have no hope."

Immediately I closed my eyes and bowed by head, hands falling from the keyboard to my lap as I prayed for Keinan.  And as I spoke to God, he began to speak...

There were many words of wisdom Matt and I received from our pre-married counselor, words that I come back to again and again over the years.  One of those pearls began with a question to me:  "Wendy, what are you most afraid could happen in your marriage?"  It took me but a second to respond, "I'm scared that I'm going to serve and serve and serve, and eventually I'll end up losing myself."  Pastor Ken looked Matt square in the eye a...

It's New Year's Day and the old is past.  The new sparkling year dances before us and we are filled with HOPE that 2012 will heap upon us the blessings of joy and health and happiness.  

As I took a walk with Asher today around our neighborhood I saw a man up on the hill above our home taking down his Christmas lights.  He had crafted an enormous cross on the side of the hill with ...

I've heard it said that during this season of life with many young ones at home, The days are long, but the years are short.  With only 10 days till my first born's 8th birthday I have to agree.  My days are long and challenging, but this year is racing by at neck-breaking speeds.  

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