You Should Write A Book

These are our friends Misty and Steve. Last night we went out to dinner at a local restaurant that is closing after 32 years. The Glass Chimney and Deeter’s has been a fine dining fixture in our town, even as chains have erupted on every corner.
Sorry Dieter (Puska, the chef) but my dining experience, while [...]

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helium balloon poem

The following is a poem I have been working on for quite some time. It is very personal to me, and it can represent a lot of things. I will let you decide what your red balloon is. A lot of people I know struggle with various “thorns” in their sides and some with pretty [...]

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Good Friday Dinner with Friends

Tonight we had two families over for a Good Friday meal. We sat the whole crew (tightly) around our farm table and talked about why Jesus died on the cross. At first we got the “usual churchy” answers – for our sins, because His Father told him to, and the unique one: “So he could [...]

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Priceless Pilates Picture

Last night, I was cleaning up the kitchen. I had eaten dinner with my boys, as my husband was working late. As they cleared their plates, one of my four boys saw my Pilates dvd and put it in the dvd player. As I cleaned and thought about work and life and other random things, [...]

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NEED SUN NOW!

When you live in Indiana, you deal with a lot of gray days. I can’t will the sunshine to peek through this thick cloud base, but I CAN dream of our upcoming Florida trip. If you need some sun, you can live vicariously through some of our old Florida pictures for a little pick-me-up. I [...]

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Patriotic Speeches

A few weeks ago, my heart sank as I read, “The Scoop,” my son’s fifth grade teacher’s week in review. This particular week he wrote about his students’ apathy. They had just finished reading, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” and Mr. P asked them if it was inspiring? Not one of them said yes. [...]

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Playwriters

On Friday, the middle schoolers at The Oaks Academy, where my kids attend school, put on an amazing performance of the Twelfth Night. Yes, the whole sha-bang. It was quite impressive to see how these 12-14 year olds handled Shakespeare. The entire school body sat through the 2+ hours of theatrical antics. The school doesn’t [...]

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Gratefulness

Gratitude keeps me sane. I am aware that life is a gift with so many blessings. As I wrote in my little Israelite ramblings earlier, when I am grateful I feel the presence of God without having to run to idols to get my “happy” fix. So here are ten things I am thankful for [...]

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Forgive?

I know I am forgiven. Or do I? If I truly believed this would I behave the way I did yesterday?  Lots of days, truthfully. Henri Nouwen is one of my favorite authors. He writes with incredible depth and such honesty. I recently read his book, The Road to Daybreak, which had a lot to [...]

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Saturday with Lenny Kravitz

I usually don’t recommend music since my taste in musica is all over the place. But if you enjoy a good rock tune, the new Lenny Kravitz album is superb. Being a Christian, I appreciate his spiritual journey and how he points things back to Christ. Wow. What’s up with that? Who knew?
He is a [...]

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