Blank Slate

When my guy started working for a new company in a whole new industry, naturally there was a steep learning curve to get up to speed on how the business was run, how the parts were made and what the customers wanted. He expected this and planned for it; what he wasn’t prepared for was... Continue Reading →

Why Do I Bother?

This year I have been growing tomatoes from seed. What this means is that I am experimenting with going from placing a tiny seed in the dirt all the way to pulling a red, ripe tomato off the vine at just the right time. Simple enough, right?  At least, that’s what I thought. Turns out... Continue Reading →

Map My Life

I was running one day last week, more like fast walking if compared to my kids who run every stinking day, and using an app on my phone that maps the route, distance and time. My favorite feature about this app is that each time you tick a mile, a female voice announces your progress... Continue Reading →

Life Lessons from a Dog

We have a special German Shepherd who joined our family a year ago. We were not looking for another pet, but Jade captured our hearts as soon as we saw her, and we made plans to make her ours. Jade is from a rescue organization, apparently she has quite an abusive background, but no specific... Continue Reading →

Finding Middle C

The piano tuner spent the morning at my house yesterday. He was here just six months ago and at that time we made an appointment for this week. He didn’t call to make sure I would be home and he arrived twenty minutes early. When I opened the door, he walked right in and began... Continue Reading →

Listen and Obey

When our kids were little we had a constant saying in our house: your job is to ‘listen and obey’. It seemed to cover most every situation and was simple enough to understand, but difficult enough to accomplish that it had to be repeated many times throughout the day. As the children got older, they... Continue Reading →

Growing Up

I grew up with the notion that God was distant and omnipotent, loving His people, but ready to punish and discipline as needed. I don’t fault my Sunday School teachers and their felt boards and characters, but the stories of Noah’s Ark, Jonah and the Whale and even Daniel in the Lion’s Den didn’t do... Continue Reading →

Stand Out

“You’re not from around here. Where are you from?” Not my favorite question. How do you answer when you have lived in nine states, moving a total of 18 times? Do you give the whole list of places lived, only tell the latest one, or maybe the longest you stayed? Regions of the country? I... Continue Reading →

Hide and Seek

When our kids were little they loved to play Hide and Seek. They loved it so much that they would hide whenever they felt like it, and expect me to be thrilled with the task of finding them. Every. Stinking. Time. At first they would just take off and hide with no warning, and they... Continue Reading →

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