This week, I'm preparing to go on another trip with my husband. Part business, part pleasure. But as I was trying to set up a plan to meet a friend at our destination, I realized I didn't have all the details of our trip. …
Expendable vs. Inconsequential
I have a friend who often reminds me that we are all "expendable crew members" in God's kingdom. She refers to the old Star Trek shows when the crew members you'd never seen before go on a mission to never return. They are …
Memorial Day
Ready to Organize
When my house is quiet and everything stays generally in its place, I can ignore the chaos behind cabinet and closet doors. But when my house erupts in the chaos of kids (and all their stuff!) home for the summer, I find …
Embracing the Chaos
Come August, we'll move our daughter to Philadelphia to pursue her master's degree. Come next May, our son will graduate from college and be on to either a job or more schooling. And while our "baby" will be around some for a …
Lessons from my Uber-Busy April
My uber-busy April really began in March and went through the first weekend of May, but it was April itself that I thought would do me in. Too many commitments all culminating in a month already busy with Easter and two out …
Celebrating Friends and Friendship
It's been a crazy-busy April, and last week I thought I'd crumble in a heap on the floor. But you know what saved me from a complete meltdown? My friends. And not quite in the way you'd think. You see, I firmly believe …
Rhode Island
One of the things I love about my husband is that he loves history as much as I do. One of the things I hate about his job is that he travels so much. But one of the things I love about being empty nesters is that now when he …
When All Projects Converge
I try to be very careful about the projects I take on, whether in life or writing. But sometimes even the things I know I am to do all converge with deadlines at the same time. Such is this month, but particularly this week! …
I Think God’s Okay with Slow Cookers
Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and …