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Last week, I took my kids to get their flu shot. Here’s a peek into my household: My daughter has been dreading this since her flu shot LAST year.  Almost every month over the past year, she would bring up how she didn’t want to get a shot. “Why do I have to get it?”

Last Sunday morning, in the rush of getting ready for church, I made 2 pieces of toast and left them on the counter.  After I had spread the requested pumpkin spice cream cheese on them, I left them sitting side by side, a few inches apart on the kitchen counter.  I ran off to help

All right, kids, settle in, it’s testimony time… Our church recently completed a 40 day fast. It started in August as a 21 day fast.  We decided to participate as a family.  The kids were starting a new school year at a new school, and they were starting virtually instead of in person. I know

There is a stain on my carpet. It’s the size of a small pancake. I know that in the midst of all that is happening in the world, this is a very, very small problem.  But it really bothers me. It started as a very small spot on the carpet in the entrance of my

Every year, my son plays basketball through the Upward program. Upward is a church based sports program. The kids are taught Bible lessons and verses along with basic mechanics of the game.  For the younger kids, they don’t keep score, and the focus, instead, is meant to be on sportsmanship and teamwork.  But, as we

I don’t know how to start this post; I don’t even know what to say.  The events of the last month compounded with the atmosphere of this entire year have made my soul restless. As I watched the stories unfold and the riots ensue, I was filled with tremendous sadness. George Floyd could have been

My brother and I used to do this to each other all that time…  We would do something mischievous, get caught, and get a one on one lecture from one of our parents.  If we felt like the other deserved a lecture, in passing, we would say “Mom wants to talk to you.” And send

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is when Jesus heals the demon possessed man at the Gerasenes.  This man is legitimately crazy.  He lives in a graveyard (naked) and is so insanely strong that chains can’t hold him.  I picture him with crazy hair and covered in filth.  You could probably smell him

I figuratively hit a wall last week. Last weekend, after cooking my 6th meal in a row, I almost lost it.  It really wasn’t the cooking that did me in.  It was the prepping, cooking, eating, and clean up which only left me room to do a load of laundry before this cycle started all

There is a bird that lives in the trees behind my house.  It’s not my bird; it doesn’t even live in my yard.  But I know it’s there.  Every morning, from March until November, at the first glimmer of dawn, this bird starts to sing.  It starts off with a few notes and within an