“God-sized dreams.” The words had been popping into blog posts all over the internet before I tracked them back to Holley. And I should have known it would be her, because Holley Gerth writes the type of words that give permission to fully live. Holley writes about God-sized dreams almost as if the dreams are […]
Homeschooling: What, Who, Where, When
I have been wanting to knock out a few homeschooling posts for quite some time now, and the tail-end of this ridiculously non-ideal homeschool day seems like the perfect moment to begin. Because I’m rather exhausted, though, I’ll go easy on myself and just give you the quick What, Who, Where and When, saving the meaty […]
In Sickness and In Health
A stomach bug has hit our home, knocking three children and two parents down; leaving only the baby and the six year old standing. As I squatted next to a toilet at midnight, holding back the hair of two little girls who were simultaneously puking into the same blessed porcelain bowl, I glanced over at […]
Joy
This is one of those days where the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the curtains are billowing, the trees are flowering, the barren is blooming, the boys are building, the girls are spinning, the dog is napping and my husband is making pancakes (for lunch). This is one of those days where my […]
10 Thoughts
1. This Valentine’s felt awfully similar to the one we had two years ago; husband away with the army, Grandpa filling in. But, everyone is two years older and there’s an extra kid. 2. Wrinkled tablecloths are acceptable for cheery Valentine’s breakfasts. So are dirty dog-jumps-on-windows windows. Right? 3. Oklahoma City is beginning to feel […]
Do This In Remembrance of Me
We break bread and the youngest daughter, she’s scared of the cup. Her Papa holds it to her but she cries, and when her eyes clench, I think, isn’t that just how we all ought to feel? It’s as dark as the tomb in that belly of a challis, cold and completely unknown. And to […]
We Have Done Church
We’ve done the no church thing. The home church thing. The mega church thing. The tiny church thing. We’ve done the Catholic thing. The Pentecostal thing. The Presbyterian thing. The Lutheran thing. The Nazarene thing. The Baptist thing. The Non-Denom. thing. The Family Integrated thing. We’ve done the Adventist thing. We’ve done church. We’ve done the […]