Do you love small talk? Is your happy place in the center of a crowd and in the midst of much conversation? Are you a “get involved in everything” kind of person? As the leader of a support group, a parent, a conference speaker and a teacher, I spend a lot of time interacting with …

When I was a young girl, my art teacher bemoaned the fact that if she said the sky was blue, I coloured it yellow, orange, red and purple. Blue water was blue, green, white and black. Grass was green, yellow and brown and the leaves on the trees and flowers in the fields were whatever …

I’m not much of a quilter. I enjoy sewing and I appreciate the beauty and intricacy of a fine quilt but I am by no means a master. In fact, while I was going through the process of my latest quilt, the biggest lesson I learned really had nothing at all to do with quilting. The …

It’s summer time in Atlantic Canada and in my home town, that means sunshine, walks in the park and beach days. On this particular day, I was combining all three and walking the dog in the park along the banks of the lake. Our doggy is a Siberian Husky and she is not really a …

I recently started doing a Bible study entitled, “Becoming a Woman of Simplicity”. I am only few pages in, but already it seems that the author wrote the book specifically for me. One of the best lines so far was by  John Phillips, “Good works are not the price of salvation, they are the proof”. …

Our family had a great day today. We walked along the waterfront, ate ribs on the boardwalk, played games and then we each went to our own activities. Just as I sat down to begin reading for my devotions, my pocket vibrated. I was being notified that someone wanted to talk to me – someone …

The other day, I went out to lunch with my mom. I live in a rural community and our restaurant choice was a little café with fewer than a dozen tables, one waitress and a fantastic gift shop. The atmosphere was very homey and relaxed and there was opportunity for pleasant conversation with our server. …

Traveling through airports can be a real adventure. Traveling internationally, even more exciting. Between the language barriers, security checkpoints and varying standards between countries, it is easy to get into a situation that has airport personnel asking questions. Recently, I was traveling throughout eastern Europe to speak at homeschool and family discipleship conferences and I …

After recent travels, I have been home for three weeks. In those three weeks, I have not had a single day that didn’t belong to someone else. I was running children, fulfilling tailoring and quilting contracts, teaching leadership courses, participating in workshops and doing all of the normal wife and mother things that wives and mothers …

Have you ever heard a catch phrase and sort of understood the spirit of it but not really taken it personally? I had a great opportunity to minister in Ukraine and on our one afternoon of sightseeing in Kiev, this phrase, “the monkey on your back”, became very real to me. As we were walking …