What is writing, and what is literature?
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...
Canto
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....
Sunday 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 back...
I’m back in the land of the connected
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....
I may be raising adults, but I encourage kids to be kids
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...
Confessions of a Foodie: Tasty Entrees
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 more labor intense...
In which I contemplate raising adults
When I was pregnant with Oldest, I was practically bed-ridden with hyperemesis gravidarum, and therefore spent a lot of time pondering the fact and future of child rearing. Having grown up in a very conservative family, we were around many families who seemed to have...
Absence, does it truly make the heart fonder?
I've been away. Not in the physical sense, since we've not really done much traveling this summer, but rather in the psychological-absence-from-the-ability-to-write sense. I don't like delving TOO much into the super-personal, but I've been dealing with quite a few...
Housemaking and homekeeping.
I've felt a bit like Suzy Homemaker the last few weeks. My flowerbeds have taken kindly to the care I've given them, and the tomato plants are promising loads of tomatoes soon. I've tested various recipes, one yummy one being honey-apricot pork loins. Yay for pitted...
Rejoice, all the church, rejoice!
Rejoice Words and Music by Todd TwiningAll the earth rejoice Your Creator reigns As the only awesome God The Alpha and the Omega Who was, is, and is to come Let the oceans roar and the mountains sing He provides for all He has made So be comforted as He rules with...
A Poem
I bought three anthologies of Rudyard Kipling's works before I found The Explorer printed in one. I had grown up hearing my dad quote it as one of the many poems he has memorized, and it had always struck a chord with me. The Explorer "There's no sense in going...
Serenity
se·ren·i·ty /səˈrɛnɪti/ [suh-ren-i-tee] –noun, plural /-ties/ 1. the state or quality of being serene, calm, or tranquil; sereneness.
Take a breath
The idiom "Take time to smell the roses" has quite a bit of truth in it. When I take the time to bury my nose in the velvety petals of the roses I bring in, my chaotic/stressful/busy/harried/overwhelming day tends to quiet down and I end up going back to whatever job...
Confessions of a Foodie
I have a confession to make. Actually, I have a couple confessions. One is that I love food. Two is that I usually misappropriate adjectives. This misappropriation of adjectives usually occurs when I'm describing food. Like calling the new recipe I made up last night...
My Redeemer Lives
For I know that my Redeemer liveth. –Job 19:25 It is a matter of great comfort and rejoicing to any person, whatever circumstances he is in, when he can say that he knows that his Redeemer lives. First: It [Job's statement] implies that he knows that Christ is the...
Easter 2010: Menu
{All of this depends on whether or not I can find all the required items at the grocery store. Yes, I know, I'm late shopping.} Appetizers: Salami Cheeses Herb and garlic cream-cheese spread Sourdough baguette slices Crackers Meal: Artichoke and Potato Gratin Deviled...
Canto
In Death's Strong Grasp the Savior Lay In death's strong grasp the Savior lay, For our offences given; But, rising form the grave today, He brings us life from heaven. O let us all with one accord Sing praises to our God and Lord And shout glad hallelujahs....
5 Minutes of Grace
So often I get caught up in 'doing' my job that I skip the tools that will make me better at it. A book with beautiful illustrations, photos of my last vacation, a cup of hot tea. These are all tools for me, tools to help me do my job better, both as a mom and a...