Posted in homeschool, life changes, tagged God's will, journey, life on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I was thinking today about how quickly January has gone by, and about the things God has been speaking to my heart. I wrote in my prayer journal on January the 7th, “Father, Let this new year be a year of change. Change in my heart, my life, and my mind.” I had no idea when [...]
Posted in family, life changes, tagged family, life changes on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am feeling melancholy tonight. The house is quiet now, although just a short while ago it was filled with the sounds of laughter and talking, and the occasional squeal of a little one who’s toy had been taken away by either a sibling or a cousin. The scent of the meal still lingers in the [...]
Posted in family, life changes, tagged family, family portrait, life changes, moving on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After letting way too many years go by without having it done, we finally got the entire family together and had our family portrait made. We had one made of the whole family and one of just the grandchildren. They both came out beautifully, I couldn’t be happier. I can’t wait until they’re ready, which [...]
Posted in faith, tagged Christianity, faith, God on January 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve debated about whether to post about this or not, but as I sat down to write tonight, this is what keeps coming to mind. A few nights ago as I logged on to the website where I blog, I noticed a tagline for a blog in the religion section that asked “is god real?”. [...]
Posted in family, tagged family, family photos on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We are having our family portrait made this weekend for the first time since our oldest daughter, Natalie, was ten months old. She’s now twenty seven! I am ashamed to admit this, especially since we’ve never had one taken that included Phillip (he’s 25) or Drama Queen ( she’s 11). We have professional pictures of the [...]
Posted in family, fun, grandkids, tagged Drama Queen, family fun, grandchildren, Ladybug, Spiderman on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Today was so much fun, Beth came over this afternoon with Spiderman and Ladybug to spend some time with Drama Queen and me. Phillip came over after work and they stayed and had dinner with us. Afterward, Beth and Phillip went to their small group from church, so we got to hang out with Spiderman [...]
Posted in family, life changes, tagged being positive, family, God, life lessons on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been in a funk for the past few days and have not wanted to post, (1) because I didn’t feel like writing anything and (2) I didn’t want to bring anybody down. I would really like to try and keep my blog as positive and uplifting as possible, there’s already so much negativity in [...]
Posted in family, fun, grandkids, prayer, tagged Blue Eyes, Cupcake, Drama Queen, family, Ladybug, prayer, snow, Spiderman on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s official, Natalie and Joey, our oldest daughter and son-in-love are moving. They accepted the houseparents’ position and will be working with a group of eight girls. They are thrilled that God has opened this door for them and are looking forward to ministering to these girls. They will be moving in less than two weeks to [...]
Posted in family, prayer, tagged family, ministry, prayer on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Sunday I posted about our daughter and son-in-love feeling the call of God to become houseparents for a ministry to troubled youths. Well, they are leaving tomorrow morning to go for an interview, and they are very excited. There seems to be a good possibility that this could happen for them very soon.
Cupcake and Blue Eyes [...]
Posted in faith, family, prayer, tagged faith, family, life changes, prayer on January 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My heart is heavy as I post tonight, our daughter and son-in-love came over this afternoon to talk to us about the direction God is leading them in. They feel called to become houseparents for a ministry that deals with troubled youth, and it may mean they would be moving away. I have always felt [...]
