Watching this message last October I was so touched. I looked up from the scout patch I was sewing onto Jacks shirt and I was shocked. The speaker had gone from standing up straight, to totally leaning over the podium and obviously working very hard to hold himself up as he delivered the last portion of his message. I was mesmerized and realized I was holding my breath with my heart in my throat. I've watched and re-watched that message many times since that day. It was such an example of som ... VIEW POST
If only frosting could fix it……
I pulled this cake out of the refrigerator and noticed that it was unusually bumpy and uneven. It was full of fresh lemon curd, ripe strawberries, and custard which all wanted to start leaking out. The frosting dam was barely holding them in. But I knew that I had built it solidly, that all that delicious filling was going to stay inside and the frosting I was about to apply would cover up all the grooves, crumbs and imperfections. I had also put dowels inside to hold the weight of the layer ... VIEW POST
It’s all good.
Jonathans co-worker mentioned that sometimes my blog makes it sound like I feel like life is really hard. Hmmmm. Could it be because some of my posts are titled "Boo Hoo", "Had a bad day", "Jealous" or "Honey I crashed the car" ? Maybe! :) If I really wanted to sound sad I should add a few more like "Christmas in the ICU" or from the following year "How to give CPR to your 2 month old." But even as I write the titles to seemingly not so nice days, I know that now they just bring ... VIEW POST
Happy Birthday to Me.
The older I get the less I care about celebrating birthdays- but you cant NOT do anything when you have kids who are still super excited about birthdays. I have been writing in my little brown journal at night, trying to not overlook or underestimate the Tender Mercies (TM) in my life but tonight instead I'll write here. TM- Jonathan came home from work early so we could take the kids and dogs to the lake. (We have only taken everyone there once so I thought it would be fun to do something ... VIEW POST
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