A heart is a very inconvenient thing.   Especially when it bleeds for stuff that it cannot change.  In my case it is kids, mostly. Kids around the world who for reasons beyond my understanding will never have the love of a family.   Who will be orphans forever.  How can that be right? Kids who...
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For Today… Outside my window… a wild and lively assortment of perennial flowers I am thinking… that parenting older kids takes much more wisdom than parenting babies I am watching… kids using pattern blocks to construct forts and then stage mock wars I am thankful for… my husband’s job, and the many other ways...
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I’m over at 5 Minutes for Parenting today, sharing an excerpt from my book.
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A Franciscan Blessing May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart. May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom,...
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We’ve been eating chard out of the greenhouse for awhile, but today I picked our first 2 zucchini, along with a handful of snow peas, which we enjoyed in a yummy stirfry for lunch.  Yeah!!  Summertime, here we come!
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How to Nurture Geniuses
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Our 7 year daughter was getting goodnight kisses from Daddy. “Daddy, do you have to go to work tomorrow?” “Yes,” he said. “Ohhhhh, why?!” she wailed. “Because people around here keep eating.  And they like to sleep in a nice house.  And sometimes-” he fixed a mock stern gaze on me — “they even...
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Discovery: A month that contains a week in Korea, a week of church camp planning, five days of church camp, and two days of wedding can leave a gal a mite tuckered out. So here are some of my best pictures from camp, standing alone to tell of the fun we had.
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Newlyweds driving to church camp in the mountains. Car trouble 20 miles from camp. Dimming lights. Stops. Starts. Worries. Checking coolant. Changing fuses. Losing power. Cell phone out of range. Limping miles. Stopping. Starting– barely. Getting a jump start from a random stranger. Wondering if they’ll make it. Finally they pull into camp, heaving...
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I will be sharing pictures of camp soon, but today a story is just bursting out of me. A love story.  The story of a sister of mine who waited a very long time for love. She played the cello at my wedding at the age of 13, maybe even then dreaming of the...
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