by Veronica | Feb 4, 2011 | Deep Thoughts, LivingOpenHanded
I was thinking about how I’ve struggled with depression this pregnancy and how some others in my circle are dealing with it as well. It’s something that many of us don’t talk about, something we’re afraid others will “judge” and something we feel reflects on our...
by Veronica | Jan 24, 2011 | Beauty, Deep Thoughts, Living, Music, Quietness, Worship
{Let Your will be done in me.} This is such a deep phrase, but also one that is so easy to say, because you never think that it will really apply to you. It’s easy to say because you think it’s more applicable to the woman losing her husband of 50 years to cancer, or...
by Veronica | Dec 30, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
by Veronica | Dec 14, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
The holly and the ivy, when they are both full grown, Of all the trees that are in the wood, the holly bears the crown.Refrain: Oh, the rising of the sun and the running of the deer,The playing of the merry organ, sweet singing in the choir.The holly bears a blossom...
by Veronica | Dec 9, 2010 | Export, LivingOpenHanded
I woke up early this morning because J was up really early–before light even attempted to peek past our blinds– getting ready to leave for some out of town meetings. Lying wrapped in my warm blankets and listening to my wonderful husband feed and calm the...
by Veronica | Nov 26, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
See, amid the Winter’s Snow See, amid the winter’s snow, Born for us on earth below, See the tender Lamb appears, Promised from eternal years. Refrain: Hail, thou everblessed morn! Hail, redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem....
by Veronica | Nov 7, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded, Music, Worship
Being on bedrest is hard on anyone. I think it’s especially trying on those who are more extroverted, and it can be downright depressing for a super-extrovert. (You know the kind, the person who never passes on an opportunity to be around people, who comes...
by Veronica | Nov 5, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
For those who have been wondering where I disappeared to, it’s a rather long and involved story. We were busy in late summer, and that busy-ness culminated in a trip to Texas where we saw my brother in law who is an Army Ranger off for his first deployment overseas....
by Veronica | Sep 15, 2010 | LivingOpenHanded
Just a quick thought that sort of spring-boarded in my head from my post on raising adults. I may look at my parenting goal as culminating in my children being wholly individual adults, but my current parenting process is to treat my children as their age and...
by Veronica | Sep 13, 2010 | Food, LivingOpenHanded
Some of the recipes I’ve made lately have been absolute favorites here at our house. I’ve started writing them out, so I thought I’d put some up on my blog and share them here and there. Here are two main entrees that are divine. The first is much...
