Tweet I don’t want you to bash your kids. That’s not what this post is about. I just need some advice. I’m trying to filter my feelings and desires and determine if they are warranted or not. Lemme s’plain. I love my bedroom. I love the way it feels and looks. My little escape, if you will. Here look. Here is my parental dilemma: my kids love to hang out in my bedroom. They love readingread more…
Tweet When I was a kid I coulda swore we went to Yellowstone National Park every year. At least, it feels that way. There are no words to express the sheer love in my heart for that part of the country. We’d start packing a few days before. I’d get a suitcase, lay out different outfits with matching tube socks and underwear. I’d find my shirt/short combo’s and pile all the “stuff” I needed for theread more…
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Tweet I would say that the day began like any other day, but well, that just wouldn’t be true. The day started very early, like 5:00 AM early and that is most certainly not like any other day. I only get up that early for sick kids and to catch a flight, but never would I say, “Oh, let’s get up early and go have a baby.” Now, make a baby might be a different story,read more…
Tweet I raise people. I feed them. Play with them. Admire them. Adore them. They bring me challenges. They offer me laughter. They teach me things about God that I wonder if I would have ever learned otherwise. They cause me to look at my weaknesses and dare to change. I have things. Things I read. Things I admire. Things that get dirty. Real things. Real people things. Blue candles that show signs of torture. Oklahomaread more…
Tweet Here it is. The end, well, pert near the end, of my fourth pregnancy. Mercy, you’d think that little guy knew exactly where my bladder is because, well, do I really need to say it? All I’m saying is that this 36 year old is excited to meet this little one and excited to be done totin’ him around in this here uterus. I’m stretched to capacity. I’m tired. I sleep propped up. I haveread more…
Tweet Well, last night was the end of two five weeks studies with my Bible study ladies. I can’t believe that ten weeks has already come and gone. I’ve had weeks of preparing, writing, teaching, and even squeezing in some speaking engagements. There was, for the last ten weeks, something always on the docket. You know, the next event, the next class, the next….. and now we’re done which means all that’s left is a babyread more…
Tweet I was at my parent’s house last night for dinner. My kids came in with a friend and we said she was more than welcome to stay. I told her, “Hey, just get what you like and if you don’t like it you don’t have to eat it.” No big deal. Somehow, it came up again. I don’t know, I guess I just wanted her to know that she didn’t have to eat the peasread more…
Tweet I do love a good bed. I mean, put me in the Hampton Inn and Suites any day and I’ll be a happy mama! But, what is it about our own bed? I think it’s more than just the bed. I’ve slept in better beds than mine, but I always love the feel of my own bed. Besides the obvious reason for loving my bed, *blush* I love it for so many other reasons. Iread more…
Tweet Just from the title of this post you already have a picture in mind of a front porch, right? Sure you do! They call to us on a warm spring day. We are drawn to front porches that cool us off when it’s an Oklahoma 103 degrees. It’s the same with my front porch. We love that porch in this family. I’ve sat there with my kids eating ice cream and laughing. I’ve sat withread more…
