Start Pruning
I have the flu. Pretty much everyone I’ve talked to in the last few days seems to have it. I wonder if you might have a touch of it too? It’s not the 24 hour kind or the kind that has you running for the bathroom. No cough or sniffles, but you might find your
Memory Verse Week 3
I have two friends waiting for test results. I’m not talking the “I wonder what I got on my math quiz” sort of test. I’m talking big tests. Bad tests. Scary tests. Another friend is trying to figure out where she and her kids are going to live next month. Me? My problems are little
Kindness in the Benefit of the Doubt
Have you ever been driving down the street, carefully obeying the rules of the road, when all of a sudden someone cuts you off? You’re forced to hit the brakes because some madman is either driving like a bat out of Hades or didn’t check his mirrors well enough to notice you were there. How
Game for Some Family Time?
For as much time as we spend together, when I look at my little family, I have to admit, we aren’t great at spending time to together. There comes a point in the evenings where we all end up in the living room at the same time. I’m watching HGTV, Jordan is looking at her
Memory Verse Week 2
The demon of depression has chased me since I was a kid. I remember being in elementary school and feeling like my chest had a heavy weight sitting on it. I didn’t know what it was at the time– even after a teenage suicide attempt, it took me well into my adulthood to come up
Kindness in Quiet Bags and Batman Bandaids
I’m afraid I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have small children. How is that even possible? My kids are 12, 11 and 6. It’s not like they’re adults. They are definitely still in need of guidance and discipline, but life is a whole lot different (dare I say easier?) than when they were toddlers. I
Phillips’ Sort-of Reality Show
Have you ever been on a reality show? Me neither, but now I can say I’ve come awfully close. Saul and I had the unique experience of spending the last nine months with a woman from Ohio University named Hailee Tavoian. The words “strategy” and “advancement” and “marketing” are all in her title, but big
