It feels good to slow down. It seems like everything I do is always at breakneck speed, and that’s mostly because everything I do gets done usually at the last minute, and that’s mostly because I’ve procrastinated doing it even though there’s been more than one opportunity to get it done. Why is that? I …
My pastor just started a new sermon series at church this past week called “Do We All Have to Agree?” and in his first message he addressed the issue of how a lot of times Christians are more well-known for all the stuff they are against rather than being known as a loving and welcoming kinda crowd. …
This morning the wind was blowing outiside just a bit and the little one (who doesn’t seem to be all that little anymore) and I were watching the leaves blowing off the tree in the front yard, when it got to be just too much for him to watch. He had to get his hands in it. So out the door we went in PJs and he ran into the grass laughing and jumping in the autumn air grabbing at leaves as they blew by him. After a moment, we decided it was just a bit chilly but before going back in, he stooped down and picked up this perfect leaf and handed it to me.
“Here,” he said. “I got it for you.”
“Thank you so much. I love it. What a great gift!” I said to him.
“Well, you’re my mommy and I love you.”
Thank you, Lord for the little one and for the oldest. These two are absolutely the apple of my eye, my very favorites.
Well, it’s November 1st and…wait, actually it’s November 2nd, but I was sick in the bed yesterday so I missed the 1st, so I’m starting a little late, okay? So, it’s November 1st 2nd and I’m noticing, as in years past, many of my friends on Facebook are doing the “Thing-a-Day I’m Thankful For” where they …
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