Every week my husband has the privilege of helping out with a ministry distributing food in the area to those who are in need. Usually, almost all of the food is given away without a problem. There are some days though (usually if there happens to be an excess of a certain type of produce … Continue reading
A number of years ago our family found ourselves in a relatively new season in which we had transitioned where we were living and ministering. I was in a somewhat vulnerable state, licking my wounds per se, from a previous season in which we had walked through some pretty heartbreaking circumstances and broken relationships. I … Continue reading
Recently we were reminding ourselves as we talked with our kids about how Jesus has healed each one of them: Child #1 – healing and restoration from polyarticular juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Child #2 – miraculously healing a calcaneovalgus deformed foot, Child # 3 – healing from food allergies, Child #4 – healing from no common … Continue reading
As I logged onto Facebook this morning, there was this memory that popped up on my timeline from six years ago: “Ah, a spitty-up, tired baby… a cranky, defiant two year old who likes to say no and throw fits tonight..a loud and outspoken four year old who decides to pee in time-out instead of … Continue reading
Canning. I’ve been canning for probably the last 9 years or so, but most of my experience up until lately has been with water bath canning high acid and/or sugary foods like tomatoes, pickles and jams. I have wanted a pressure canner for years, but have never wanted to spend the money to buy one. … Continue reading
Juggling. Go ahead and imagine with me balls or scarves continually being tossed around in a perfect circular arc, waiting to be caught…again, and again, again. It’s great to go someplace like the circus and watch someone who is a master of juggling perform this seemingly impossible feat, isn’t it? I always hold my breath, … Continue reading
My oldest daughter came in yesterday afternoon after playing with the dogs in the backyard and excitedly showed me a perfectly round, ripe, red cherry and exclaimed that the cherries were ready to be picked. I had just been out by the orchard a few days before and hadn’t seen any ripe cherries at all, … Continue reading
