Everything came to a screeching halt when we received the text… the next three weeks were a whirlwind of elation and exhaustion! Now that it’s over we plop our weary bodies down, shake our heads in amazement, and with broad smiles sit back in wonder… WHAT just happened?!
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Happy Birthday To Our Firstborn!
Our firstborn turned 10 yesterday! Any parent who’s been blessed with a strong-willed child knows that these are the kids that keep you on your knees. They make you humble – reliant on God’s grace – and keep you begging for wisdom. And while this doesn’t make parenting easy, it does make it incredibly rewarding when you see the fruit that comes from sewing good seed into their hearts.
How To Redeem The Holidays With 3 Simple Questions
“How do we do things differently?” This was the question asked by several readers after the previous post, How To Ruin The Holidays in 3 Easy Steps. The truth is we don’t want to get sucked into the holiday vortex. In this post we’ll consider 3 simple questions that help navigate our way through the holiday hoopla towards what really matters.
How To Ruin The Holidays In 3 Easy Steps
Enjoy this humorous take on something you might already be pretty good at… I don’t want to brag or anything, but I’m pretty much an expert at this 3-step plan.
The Reward That Empowers Us To Suffer
A middle of the night phone call could only mean one thing… Out of this unforgettable experience came three keys for finding strength in life’s most difficult seasons.
Hiking Engineer – A Metaphor For Life
6:30am Saturday… it was time to face this giant, even if she did mock my weakness, expose my fears, and leave me humiliated in failure.
Happy Birthday To Our BOY!
Tears began to swell as I looked up at the monitor and discovered that WITHOUT A DOUBT I was going to have a… BOY. I tried to hide my emotion because I didn’t want the girls to wonder why Mommy was crying. But, my oldest daughter – who’s very tuned into her Momma – noticed […]
It’s Not Fair
“No fair…” they whine. “That’s NOT fair.” They declare. “IT’S NOT FAIR!” They exclaim with gritted teeth stomping down the hall. Fairness. What is with THAT word? You don’t have to teach a child to ASSUME things should be fair. You don’t have to point out examples of unfairness to them ~ they come ready […]
Trek-ing Schemanskis
There is something uniquely special about a baby’s due date. You talk about it for 9 months… you dream about what it will be like when that day finally comes… you plan for it in every way possible beforehand! August 4th. That was Trek’s due date, and as I sit here today on August 4th […]
If you fail to plan then you’ll…
…buy and sell houses! Oh… what? That’s not how the saying goes? 🙂 Okay fine… I think it goes something like this: Failing to plan is planning to fail. -Alan Lakein Yes, I suppose that does have a bit more wisdom tucked in it.However. In my own life I have observed an obvious progression that […]