Live and Learn

             Ask me what makes me feel totally inept and I can quickly produce quite a list. Right up there near the top appear these two activities: teaching young children and doing craft projects.             Now, don’t get me wrong – I love little kids. I love to play with them, to make them laugh,… Continue reading My day with the ladybugs

    Look up the word trauma in the dictionary. Maybe you’ll find my new definition: “(trah’-muh) 1. the sudden realization by a woman that she is acting like a man.”     I was recently in a gift shop, picking up a supply of candles and other smell-good things. I cruised the whole store, but couldn’t seem… Continue reading A Male Who Can Find What’s Lost

        It’s not easy to visibly rattle a couple of ultra-cool teenage boys or a steady husband whose typical demeanor is one step up from comatose, but I discovered I have the power to thoroughly terrorize my family. With nary a word, I alone can send my husband and sons scurrying to the remotest corners… Continue reading The Terrifying Tale of Spring Cleaning

            The teacher was working one-on-one with her student, trying to impart wise and valuable insights to him. He stared up at her in wonder, as though all the answers to life’s mysteries might be found behind her eyes.             “Mrs. So-and-so, how do you do that?” he soulfully asked.             “Do what, dear?” the… Continue reading We can be honestly wrong

Several years ago, when our boys were about six and three years old, we did the great American family pilgrimage to Disney World. A few weeks before our trip, I got my hands on a book titled something like, “Making the Most Out of Your Disney World Vacation.” Well, giving a book like that to… Continue reading Conquering Disney World

No greater love hath any man than he would wear out the car of his dreams in pursuit of the heart of a woman. Okay, it’s not exactly Scripture, or even Shakespeare, but it just might be true. It worked for me … After graduating from a grueling four years at an engineering college in… Continue reading God Pursues Our Hearts

Change is hard. When entering a new phase of life, facing a rite of passage, or anticipating a great shift in circumstances, our minds reassure us that millions have walked this well-worn road before us; our emotions, however, scream that we are blazing lonely, terrifying, uncharted paths through a bleak and perilous wilderness. Try telling… Continue reading The Learner’s Permit