i fear much.  i fear missing the Lord.  i fear wrong decisions.  i fear not hearing right.  i fear the state of the world.  i fear ending up just like those who have slipped and fallen away.  i fear moving beyond this place and season.  i fear staying where i am.  i fear not living… Continue reading HE will watch

sometimes i wonder if i can love anything more than this: this petite little babe with a will of her own and her spaghetti stained eyebrows has completely won my heart.  ohmy.  i do love her. i also apologize to everyone who usually reads my blog through an RSS feed.  i am in no way… Continue reading the lovely babe

i like liking life.  after a busy school year (doesn’t every church calendar revolve around the school calendar?) i realized i wasn’t enjoying much about my days.  and so i’ve been purposing to once again note the small things and enjoy this season of life. small thing #1: my should-be-sister, jess i love her.  i… Continue reading it’s the small things in life.

i’m conquering my fear.  i’m sitting on painful seat, peddling around town, and using this to get from point A to B: yes, after taking many years off from such activities because of a slight ridiculous paranoia, i’ve picked it back up.  my bruised derriere and sore legs can testify that i’m not making any… Continue reading biking.

i’m not sure how it happened but the family somehow got split up into groups: “the three big girls” (what every 12 year old wants to be called), “the two middle ones” (we were never really called by that, but the middle children have got to have something awkward about them), “the three little girls”,… Continue reading sister outing

i listen to him.  i listen to him a lot.  i like him.  i like him a lot. whenever i like a music artist and become a big fan i start to wish they would get saved.  i started to wish this for damien rice. and then i had the awful thought: would i like… Continue reading damien rice

so many of the blogs i read are filled with the stories of every day simple lives.  you know — hanging diapers on their clotheslines, reading books to babies, and planting flowers. i lead a simple life too.  it’s a different kind of simple life, but simple all the same.  i’m not sure my every… Continue reading my simple life.

8 pizzas made. 2 pies to be shared by all. 3 pairs of toes waiting to be taken care of. 1 walk with 2 friends. 5 mouths eating lunch in my office. 2 boys bringing the lunch (those kind of boys are our favorite). 1 hockey game to watch… or not. 2 verses to refresh.… Continue reading numbers.

it’s been awhile and i don’t have a good excuse.  no, not one.  things have slowed down like i thought they would for the summer but instead of writing blogs in all my spare time i find myself taking long (and i do mean long) walks in the evening, spending quiet evenings wrapped in a… Continue reading waiting