Joie de la NETTOYAGE?!?
[Simple Mom :: project simplify + book GIVEAWAY!]
There is no greater evidence of God's twisted sense of humor than when he pairs a Messy with a Neat Freak 'til death do us part. It's a combustible combination that will have both parties at times tugging and warring. In our family, I'm the...
One Thousand Gifts, a beginning
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~ G.K. Chesterton I continue to savor Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are; it won't...
Seth Godin :: Crazy/Brilliant
The man haunts my inbox on a daily basis–sometimes more than once a day–and he's one of the most highly regarded authors and speakers on the planet. While he commands a king's ransom for speaking engagements (serving a purpose...
The Pursuit of God
A.W. Tozer's The Pursuit of God is resonating with my soul and spirit; what he had to say in his 1948 classic is relevant today–is it possible to be more so than back in his day? As I'm just beginning to devour the pages, I already want to share...
Where the wild things are
Thirteen is their lucky number. For 13 years the guy in the blue and the guy in the black have been roughing it on an annual golf outting, traipsing up and down a trail pioneered by some joker named Robert Trent Jones; the other two characters have tagged along...
Conflict in the waiting
Our appointment is at 1:45, perfect timing to complete the oldest one's post-surgery follow-up visit, stop for a snack afterwards, then drop him off before picking up the youngest for his tennis match. The waiting room is large and full. There...
When days are numbered…
The moon is halfway through the sky and I am alone when they bring her to me and I'm glad. She is joy bundled in flannely white with end stripes in pink and blue. I smile to think she looks like an ice cream cone–swaddled tightly with the...
Coodles, this one’s for YOU!
Surprise!! Happy Birthday to my favorite Ye l l o w J a c k e t ! ! ! With love and affection for my favorite/oldest niecey, from her favorite TN auntie...
Scars and redemption
I remember seeing her scars one time. Only once. A body disfigured by diseased malevolence, a thief whose plunder demanded dignity and femininity and time…and eventually hope and life. It's a scant memory, a fleeting, vapored ghost, which I...