I was holding my grandson and walking around. I wanted to see what he would do when I walked over to the mirror allowing him to see his reflection. Do you know what he did? Cry? No. Laugh? No. Scream? No. I’ve done all of those, by the way, after looking in a mirror. No, […]
Relationships. If you’re married, and you don’t have any conflict, I’m guessing you don’t have much passion either. We love our spouse but when we want something, and they want something else, it can be a recipe for conflict. Conflict resolution, and healthy communication will either strengthen your marriage or damage it. Which would you […]
I was sitting in a bagel store—in Texas—munching on my pumpernickel bagel with garden veggie shmear. Why don’t they call it cream cheese in Texas? So confusing, just call it cream cheese. That’s what it is! Shmear, who thought of that? I feel like an idiot just saying it. Shmear…I’ll have a bagel with shmear. […]
I hate goodbyes. I hate them. I hate them. I hate them. Saying bon voyage is painful. I’m sitting in an airport in Texas waiting for my flight home. I just said goodbye to my 3-month-old grandson. Do you wanna talk about painful? I didn’t want to let him go. Ever. And I had to […]
I had an evening flight. My son dropped me off in the middle of the afternoon at LAX. After getting through security, which was pleasant by the way, since I had so much extra time. Side thought: Maybe my husband is right about getting to the airport early? I remembered back to getting upset with […]
If I’m being 100% honest, sometimes—okay often—I just plain want my husband to do WHAT I WANT. I get something in my head and I want things to play out just as I’ve got it imagined in my fairytale world. And of course, I have a story to go with this theme. I was looking […]
This week I have a special guest writer, Pastor Mike Williams. Mike is the children’s pastor at Shepherd Church where he oversees 1,200 to 1,400 children a weekend. Could you imagine? To truly appreciate what he does, one would have to see him in action. Mike is an amazing pastor, but more than that, he […]
As the wife of a children’s pastor I see a trend in our churches today, which grieves me greatly. Not only are kids, once they reach adulthood, walking away from the church—in staggering numbers—I fear that we are teaching our children to be consumer Christians. How are we doing this? When we use the church […]
What does success look like to you? I recently watched a video, which for me, depicted my picture of success. I don’t remember the details clearly so allow me to give you my version of it. Start story: There are four older ladies, grandmas if you will, (I’m clearing my throat because I’m a grandma […]
When I retire for the evening, I put my cell phone in my office. I’m distracted by it enough during the day, I don’t need it to distract me from my sleep or anything else going on in my bedroom during the night. Wink. Wink. I’m in a love/hate relationship with my cell phone. I […]
