Hello, Friends! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and aren't totally stressed out by the thought that Christmas is just around the corner. We spent Turkey Day in Florida with our family, which was a first for us. The weather was beautiful and we had SO MUCH FUN together. Bonus: the trip was the majority of their Christmas gifts, so I'm almost finished shopping! I enjoy buying gifts for people randomly, but I admit I get squirmy when I have a long shopping list that … [Read more...]
How to Be Married
Hello, Friends! Brad and I recently celebrated our 40th (WHAT?) wedding anniversary with a road trip to the Northeast. We had a wonderful time, saw LOTS of sights, and lengthened our list of places we want to visit again. We are crazy about Vermont and Maine and hope to return and spend more time in both of those states. (Well, I'm crazy about them and Brad really liked them, too.) Spending hours in the car together traveling 2700 miles in 9 days, with no hotel reservations, a Garmin, and … [Read more...]
God and Designer Clothes Part 2: How to Be a Friend
This is Part 2 in a series on my journey through Colossians this summer. I read this book over and over and over with fresh eyes, and Holy Spirit took me all kinds of places. Maybe the lessons He taught me will help you, too. You can catch up with the first post here: God and Designer Clothes Part 1 Coming quietly into the classroom to volunteer for the morning, I looked around with great interest at the adorable 1st graders seated on the floor in front of their teacher. Their … [Read more...]