art
The act of creating(whether it be through writing, music, dance, art, or another media) is an act of faith. Itโs an act of faith that, through the vulnerability of expressing our innermost emotions, we can grow. It is the hope within all of it that we may bless another person who may be experiencing similar emotions.
mill lessons
When I was in 2nd grade, we lived down the street from the Old Mill with my grandparents. Occasionally, my Papaw would take me to the mill to purchase buckwheat pancake mix from Charlie, the millโs proprietor. Iโd wander around looking at bags of pancake mixes and listen to the men chat and catch up at the other side of the store.
I learned a few things on those visits(๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต)-this particular early Saturday morning was a lesson on wheat.
You see, around the world, most grainsโฆ
failure isnโt always a loss
When I stress, I lean in one of two directions-๐ ๐ ก๐ ๐ ฉ๐ ๐ or ๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฉ ๐ช open.
For 2 weeks, Iโve been crafting... so you can sorta guess which direction I leaned.
Scripture memorization
Have you ever wanted to have more scripture memorized, but couldnโt wrap your head around how to make it happen? I know I have. How can you make memorization happen when short on available time, little to zilch down time, & your brain is pressed closed from an already full to do list?
faithful Christmas
Something huge happens when we remove our wants from Christmas and start chasing our needs. Christmas begins to look very different, it feels different and vibrant, and an excitement emerges. Bleak taught us how to see beauty.
Elizabeth and Mary
There are times when the best decisions you will ever make will require you to walk some of the hardest journeys. Thatโs where we meet Maryโฆ.
Christmas prayers: grace
๐๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ช๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐๐๐, ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ช๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐.
the extending of kindness
๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐-๐กโ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
the counting of 2020
I started counting down last week, marking the days that would make up the ending of 2020. I counted to thirty-eight.
promises in faith
Gแดแด , ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด, I vow to not quit.
prayer for finishing this year
Gสแดแดษชแดแดs Lแดสแด , ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ 48 ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.
power of praise
In the middle of uncertainty, itโs understandable to feel anxiety & the fretful pangs of worry. Raising hands & pushing oneself to praise anyways? Itโs radical. It flies in the face of logic. ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐.
the growth of growing pains
When we started this crazy homeschool adventure in 2009, graduation wasnโt even on my radar. Here we are-him spreading wings, me grateful that I was able to share this part of his life journey with him.
donโt do life alone
The day that I thought a shower plus hair wash plus shaving all on the same day was a luxury ๐จ๐๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ have been thoroughly eye opening and disappointing.
naming the unnamed things
For my birthday, I asked for furniture. Not the shiny kind, but more the practical kitchen island from free diy Pinterest plans-just call me Mrs Fancy over here. When we went to get the tools out of the shed, a small weak meow whispered.
itโs okay to be angry-just donโt live there
When someone asked me a decade ago why I wasnโt already writing for special needs parents, my gut response wasnโt pretty. It was honest, but not pretty at all. I was scared to write for special needs families. To be able to write in a way that addresses the very real pain points in a way that could be encouraging would mean Iโd need to deal with my own pain as a special needs parent. Iโd need to dig deep and digging deep can unbury a lot of unpretty things.
gracious Lord
โBut the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.โ Jแดแดแดsโฌ โญ3:17-18โฌ โญ