Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built. James Dobson Begin With the End in Mind This is advice I swiped from a book on blogging, but it […]
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Along the dusty road to Sandeman stands a mud house. Built of the very earth it sits upon and much like all the neighboring houses except for the tree. A venerable old mango graces the main rooms and the courtyard with delicious shade. Some long ago ancestor planted a seed or a tender sapling in […]
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Like millions of others I spent Christmas day with my kids. My kids are grown and some of their kids are pretty much grown so today I watched them interact and thought about the people they’d become. It wasn’t like an out of body experience, but it was still a little strange. I found myself […]
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http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/08/19/writing-challenge-1000-words-four/ All the big kids are gone. They hadda go back to school. I hate school days cuz there’s nobody to play with. There’s four of us and I”m the littlest one. This year Charlene goed to school. Now I have to wait all day for somebody to play with. When Momma comes to the […]
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This morning I read Psalm 104. It has a title: Praise to the Sovereign LORD for His Creation and Providence. As I read through this Psalm I started thinking about my grandson Silas. He’s currently fascinated with tornadoes and hurricanes. Of course, they are noisy and destructive. Perfect for young boys. His new career ambition […]
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Judah “un-decorating” the Christmas Tree 2011 It was still almost 100 in Sacramento just a few days ago when I saw the first display of Christmas decorations in Kohl’s. So this morning I have coffee, a yellow legal pad, and a pen. I’m mapping out my Holiday strategy. We go to Palm Springs for a […]
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Motherhood has been revolutionized by the invention of the Digital Camera. Like it’s not enough that we start this Motherhood Journey with morning sickness and stretch marks, culminating in a protracted experiment in sleep deprivation. We are then suppose to nourish, protect, and civilize our progeny—WHILE taking and preserving for posterity a pictorial record of […]
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