This post was published on my husband’s blog tonight. Here’s our big news:
“In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9
I was in my early 20’s when someone first asked me “Are you planning on being a youth pastor forever?” My response was typically “Well, I think [...]
Again, I’m late with this post. I should have put it up on Father’s day, but didn’t.
I want to share a story about my dad.
One of my first memories was a time when my mom, brothers and I went to the airport to pick up my dad after he came [...]
A phrase that we hear frequently around January 1st. is “out with the old, in with the new.” Sometimes it’s a good thing to get rid of the old, but sometimes it’s not quite so good. I started looking around to see what old things Alan and I have, and it turned out [...]
One year when Hannah was around 6-years-old, she was watching me wrap Christmas presents. She noticed that I would use the smaller bows for our family’s gifts and save the bigger, fancier bows for other people. She asked me why I did this. I wasn’t really sure what to tell her. [...]
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I didn’t get married until I was 31-years-old. That’s on the later end of average to be getting married, but I’m glad I waited. I always said that I would rather have 20 years with someone I adored than 40 years with someone I tolerated because I just didn’t want to be [...]
I meant to write this on Mother’s Day, but didn’t get to it. Finally found a moment to write it!
We all go through ups and downs with our parents and sometimes it seems like the roller coaster is a bit curvier with our parent of the same sex. e.g. girls have a tougher [...]
A long time ago – 22 years exactly – I gave a Bible to a dear friend of mine. At the time, it was not an easy gift to give. She thought I was some kind of holy-roller trying to tell her that she was a horrible sinner. I really loved her, [...]
The first time I ever had an argument with Alan was when we were dating. As we were reconciling, he said, “I’m sorry – will you forgive me?” At first, I thought, well of course I forgive you – that kind of goes with the territory of I’m sorry. But he insisted [...]
I found out that I had thyroid cancer in May, 2002. It is really amazing that we found it before it got worse or spread. My neck never hurt at all. I had gone to an ENT (ears, nose and throat) doctor to get my hearing checked because I have mid-range hearing [...]
