Wow, what a spectacular light show tonight!  It was so unusual that I was a little freaked out at first.  Non-stop cloud lightning, so close together it was like a strobe light in the window, occasional peal of thunder becoming one continuous roll.  Boy and I pulled back the curtain and watched from his window; it lasted so long we both fell asleep ( Read more... )

He stood up in the bathtub and, dripping arms outstretched, spoke the five words I thought I'd never hear him use in the same sentence: "Mama, put me to bed ( Read more... )

We’ve started a new study (Attending the Bride of Christ) and while I’ve been missing the daily quiet times that nourished me before the baby was born (three years ago now!), I dread the labor of starting all over again, the early days of struggle before these times began to hold meaning and refreshment.

But God is sensitive, and on this beautiful ( Read more... )

Thaniel’s kisses are very expensive; he hasn’t offered me one in days. Which is why I didn’t realize what he was doing at bedtime tonight. As we rocked in the dark, he amused himself by smashing his face into mine as if to meld our features into one: his nose into my eye, his eye into the bridge of my nose, brow-to-brow, experimentally giggling ( Read more... )

Waiting for my brother Ron to cross the finish line at his first Olympic distance triathlon this morning, I was intrigued by the response to the stragglers by those who had come before.

Whenever a lone runner came into view, someone called out, "here comes a Finisher!" Not a straggler; not a loser; but a Finisher. Immediately a dozen or so ( Read more... )

I don't believe I've had any real cravings during this whole pregnancy. First there was the Survival Period, during which all I could stomach was pretzels, milk products (thankfully this included ice cream), Coke and oddly enough, crispy cheese pizza. Then there were The Phases, such as the Big Fat Burger and the Insatiable Sweet Tooth phases, ( Read more... )

For Christmas we got a Gateway convertible laptop and a wireless router. So right now I'm sitting outside on the patio, enjoying a gorgeous afternoon watching Scott work in the yard while Arrow shadows him with her beat-up frisbee. Life is good ( Read more... )