I remember when my youngest daughter discovered the "Chronicles of Narnia" movies.. They are based on a series of books by C.S. Lewis. It didn't take her long to understand…
I remember my parents catching me drawing on the walls when I was small. One day, parents caught me red-handed. I was about five years old at the time this happened. I…
It's nice when someone anticipates our needs or wants. They remember you like your coffee a certain way or heard you when you said, "I just want to sleep in today." When you have those kinds of people in your life, who notice you and hear you without you having to announce, "Listen to me!" It's amazing.
A pet peeve of my mother’s was when I would do what she asked, but not with a heart for it. She chose me often to clean the bathroom because…
"How did you know what you were supposed to do?" My 11th-grade daughter asked about my choice to be a missionary. What a loaded question. "You always seem to know…
My father was a builder. He was good at his job. It wasn’t until later in life that I appreciated how skilled he was. He never finished high school in…
Have you ever been scared? So scared that you couldn’t find your voice? I have! Many years ago, when I was a child, I got lost in the woods near…
Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich on Pexels.com Do you ever feel like you are always at the mercy of what is happening around you? I have, many times. For nearly 38…
We got married a few years before we moved to Africa. We bought a small townhouse from a lovely older couple. Because we spent all that we had on the…
Do you think family dysfunction is a new thing? I just finished reading the story of Abraham and Sarah. And while I've read their account many times, I'm still confounded…
