An email came from a literary agent. A book proposal hurriedly composed. Edited. Reexamined. Sent out. A writing sample was requested. A meeting was held, a team deliberating over taking up the project. The factor that did or didn’t seal the deal? Platform. Its the buzzword of this blogging, tweeting, social media dependent culture. Your […]

**Editor’s note: Posting this a bit late, but needed to get my Libyan friends’ clearance before posting. Ronnie Smith was called Libya’s friend. He loved the people. And so do I. My children actually have Libyan grandparents, you know. I have Libyan brothers and sisters and mother and pop and dear dear friends. Not by […]

Danny walks in the door, right into a live nativity. Katy-Grace is busily reenacting the story of Jesus’ birth. Reinacting with the decapitated shepherd, the earless donkey and the broken legged wise man, all pitifully repaired with a hot glue gun. Can we guess WHY our nativity characters have suffered such injuries? And get lost?…but […]

WHY do I live where I live? Because I’m lazy. Too lazy to load up five kids in to the van and tote them over to a church service project.  Too lazy to get up on a Saturday morning and head down to the soup kitchen to serve a meal.  Too lazy to try to […]

I’m so glad kids have short memories… The day after this failure, the girls were climbing into bed and Trinity said, “Mommy, you’re the best mommy in the world.“ and Katy-Grace was quick to follow up with, “Yeah, Even though you sin, we STILL love you.“ unmerited grace from these little ones, refreshes a mamma’s […]

I yelled at my kids today. ALOT. Don’t get me started on how I felt justified in it, and if they would just actually OBEY then it wouldn’t drive me to that point, or how Danny’s been out of town, so I’ve been single parenting five, make that 8 kids if you count the neighborhood […]

Note:  I posted this a week ago, then the Lord burdened my heart with this passage and I took it down. Today our family participated in Elder’s Prayer and when they were praying for me I felt released to repost it. Isaiah 58:1 flooded my mind, along with Proverbs 31:8 “Cry aloud; do not hold […]

He called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When he came near, Jesus asked him, […]

Blank stares met the mention of his name. Again, I asked, have you heard of him? Just a few blinks. and the shake of a head. Never heard of my Best Friend.  Never heard of my Encourager. Never heard of my Daily Strength. Never heard of the One who spoke the universe into existence, and […]

Spoke to my best friend yesterday. We didn’t shoot the breeze about our kid’s soccer teams.  Or about ballet schedules being busy.  Didn’t talk about the sale at Macy’s or about what color we will paint our kitchens. No, the mothering issues she faces are far more intense than that, for she resides in Newark, […]