life
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Planting Sunflowers by Moonlight
Here’s the story. Around 9:45 P.M. on Sunday night I had the sudden impulse to plant sunflowers seeds. (We are a couple weeks past when we usually do it!) Ben easily convinced me that it was late and we should just do that the next evening. No argument from me. It WAS rather late to… Continue reading
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Minute Made – a litany of grand moments in a simple life
on either side of mewith lemonade in hand“clink”he says contentedlyand their Minute Maid juice boxestap together happily incheers, cheers, cheers. and oh how I agree— cheers to you andcheers to you,my daughter and my son.cheers to dreams I couldn’t imagineever coming truesome seven years agowhile your dad and I began a garden andleaned into life… Continue reading
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Little Life of Mine – the luxury of a quiet existence
Since Ben and I moved into our little blue house in spring 2016 I’ve watched us and everything grow. It’s a beautiful time lapse in my mind with terribly hollow seasons that always left an aftermath of God’s hope and healing in their wake. And in that wake the porch garden spilled into the yard… Continue reading
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Beautiful Things Here Below
It was one of those very ordinary moments that lifts outside of itself and plays like a beautiful scene before your eyes. I’m in the kitchen working on dinner over the stove and my husband is explaining how his grounds work has made him sore. I just laugh out loud because it’s us getting old. I’m… Continue reading
