On Sunday afternoon I took the children outside to play. The sun was shining and it was in the 50′s which felt so nice after the cold weather we have had during the past month. It almost felt like spring.  The sky was filled with clouds, but behind them the sky was a beautiful deep [...]

This phrase was something that a gentleman who we attended church with, and was the grandfather of a couple of good friends of mine, would often say.  He passed away a few years ago, but this phrase will probably always stick with me.  You see he was talking about God and having faith.  Little children [...]

Eleven years ago tonight I found out I was going to be a mother. My life was forever forever changed the moment I saw two lines. I had never taken a pregnancy test before, but just had a feeling that I was pregnant. I went to buy a test after work because I had felt [...]

When I get bogged down with the task of washing, drying, folding and putting away the laundry that six people create I try to be thankful. It isn’t too hard to praise God for the piles of laundry when I look at the faces of the ones who get their clothes dirty… Julia-February 2003 …and [...]

Today is a rainy day and we have spent all day inside. However, a week ago I shared pictures of my two youngest children playing in the leaves on a beautiful day. (See post here.) The next day my two oldest children got to join in the fun. I was so happy watching the four [...]

I have not posted a Gratituesday post in several weeks. It isn’t that I don’t have things to be grateful for because I have many things for which I am thankful. Yet, it just seemed like I was being redundant, and life was getting so busy. However, I never want to cease praising God for [...]