Last summer, our family added a beautiful Siberian Husky to our fold. She was supposed to help with fitness and satisfy the children’s lifelong desire for a puppy. There are a lot of lessons to be learned from a dog and we have the next fifteen years or so to keep learning them… sigh. Last […]

Have you ever felt like Charlie Brown when Lucy pulls the football? Have you ever walked away, waiting for her to throw it at the back of your head? Sometimes, life is really hard. Relationships are messy. Trust is broken. Hearts are heavy. I can just feel Charlie Brown’s angst when he sighs that heavy-laden, […]

Last year for Christmas, my son and daughter in law to be gave me a beautiful dish, hand-crafted in Mexico. It matches nothing, but that makes it go with everything. I enjoy its colourful glossy patina so much, that I made it my butter dish. Enter the dog. After doing my best to love and […]

Joshua 1:13-15 …The LORD your God is giving you rest and and has granted you this land…You are to help your brothers until the LORD gives hem rest, as He has done for you and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them… after that, you […]

I’m now a couple of days past the drama of creating the hat, and the more often I look at it, the more I appreciate it and the reminders (rebukes & encouragements) it provides. Not only is the hat an inspiration to spend time with my Lord, but it also admonishes me to keep the […]

I don’t know about you, but as a homemaker, there are times when I feel as though I’m really not accomplishing much. There is always more laundry to wash, more meals to make, more homeschooling to do, more discipline, more dusting, more organizing, more picking up – you get the idea. Some days, I have […]

Matthew 11:29 – 30 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Have you ever found yourself in a situation; partnership, business arrangement, relationship, that seemed like a […]

We’re entering into another new year and as I reflect on the last one, there are things that I learn about myself. Last year was hard; not my family died and we lost our home and jobs hard, but emotionally hard. Hard on my head, hard on my heart. As I look back, I remember […]

Today, I opened up my Facebook and the first thing I saw was a post listing my memories from years gone by. Facebook is full of “stuff” and often, I just delete it and keep going. This morning, I decided to take a stroll down memory lane. My memories for today? Time with friends, a […]

This winter has been a season of snow, ice and darkness – not only outside of our house but also inside my heart. I say that with my head hung, because I have enjoyed the light and warmth of having a walk with the Lord that sustains me and fills me with the proverbial fire […]