The Perfect Mindset
I begged my Mama to wear the flowy dresses while she vacuumed.Like Lucy. And Donna Reed. And Mrs. Cleaver.And I wanted her to wear heels and an up-do while she…
Prayers?
He connects things I can't and He makes it all come full circle. I flounder all over the scriptures until He spoon feeds me a feast one bite at a time.…
Conditioning the ‘Heart’
When you discipline the body - you discipline the soul.There's something about this denying of the flesh - this pushing through when you feel like passing out.... that gives endurance…
It’s Blowing In
The windows.....they.are.open.And there's cool goodness wafting all through this home. Curtains billowing. Papers taking flight off kitchen counters. Dirty window sills with cob-webbed corners. A mama's hair blowing in all…
Snapshots of Kenya
The pictures that were promised.....Such beauty and yet such sorrow represented in these shots from Africa. Gorgeous landscaping, white tents that act as homes, diseased truckers, shoesless feet, playfuy boys, true…
A Random Mission
Written Sunday....He's somewhere over the Atlantic making his way back to me.My husband - he's been in Africa....giving bits of his heart away. And this overseas heart-sharing....it came out of…
My Fruit
I look down and I find him staring right through.It startles me. And it catches me off guard....As he looks at his mother...what kind of fruit is he feasting on?…
Feeling and Doing
Tending to him makes me want to tend to them all.I felt it with the other two....but it wasn't so adamant feeling.Watching his face scrunch and his eyebrows furrow and…
Fresh Lessons
My belly is empty....but my arms are full :)The second boy....the third baby.... he has arrived. And so has his mother. Each birth - is not only an arrival of…