As we left the wedding I mentioned in my last post, my 8 yo said something reassuring. Reassuring in the sense that she hasn’t had a friend or cousin unveil the “facts of life” to her prematurely.
Walking to our Suburban, still basking in the glow of new married love and excited about the reception to [...]
Archive for July, 2006
At twelve years of age, her parents gave her a purity ring. Yesterday, she gave it to her future husband during their wedding vows.
The groom shares the story of how as a sophomore, he was cornered in a booth at Pizza Hut by his girlfriend-to-be’s father. This loving father wanted to lay the ground rules [...]
This week’s assignment is to blog about a time when someone was kind in a way that touched you personally…
There are so many ways I could go with this one so I’m going with the most recent.
Dh and I rarely use babysitters. For one thing, he is extremely choosey about who we ask, and another, our [...]
Building Your House on Joy
Published by July 28th, 2006 in Christianity, Marriage and Parenting. 6 CommentsAre you raising your children to see life through joy-colored glasses? How do we do this? By living joy. By example.
True joy comes from a relationship with the Source of joy…
We all want our children to exhibit the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, self-control, etc…and in John 15, Jesus tells us, [...]
What fun! While toddler napped, we girls made candles!
Here’s how: We melted shaved slivers of candle wax and bee’s wax in a glass quart jar (double boiler or large metal juice can would be safest!) that was half submerged in my large kettle of boiling water. After melting, we let the temp cool to 150F, [...]
The Top Thirteen Basics I’ve Learned about Writing Fiction in the Past 8 Months:
1. ‘She laughed,’ is not a dialogue tag! (ie: “Get real,” she laughed. Instead: “Get real,” she said with a laugh. Or better, “Get real!” She rolled her eyes and laughed.)
2. Avoid most uses of “he said” “she said” and replace with actions.
3. Head-hopping [...]
If you’re interested, MInTheGap has posted Let It Rain on his website…written by yours truly!
He adds new articles several times a day, all current event types with a Christian bent. Worth checking out!
Dh traveled out of town today on business and made a quick call home to gush (okay, he’s not the gushing type, but for lack of a better term) about a Lamborghini that flew past him and the surfin’ cowboy (co-worker) at over 100 mph! On the bumper in red: Bull Run.
Turns out that there [...]
If you love to read, chances are, you love your library. Rebecca Hagelin at WorldNetDaily.com warns parents against teen summer reading lists. She begins her article as follows:
“During the lazy, long, hot days of summer, which activity would you rather see your son or daughter engaged in – playing a video game or reading a [...]
“You have to sleep in till 8 o’clock!” my daughters insisted the night before, as my dh set their alarm for 6 A.M. per their request.
Have I mentioned before how nice it is to have daughters? The morning of my 31st birthday was the laziest I’ve had in forever! When toddler woke up at 6:45 [...]
