I finally did it! That big thing that all women are suppose to do when they hit the big 40…I got my baseline mammogram on Wednesday and you know, it wasn’t that bad! (I am sure it helps tremendously that I am as flat as a pancake!). I think I stalled thinking it was going…
Tears. Hot, passionate, hurtful tears. Each one of my children struggled today, from the first little one walking home from the bus to my oldest crawling in bed at 11:00 p.m. I listened to each one’s story. Each one wrestling with their own trials. Compassion has not been a strong suit in my life. I…
For Jordan Waters, the count down had begun – the day when Sasha would return from Russia. It had been a long year and she had missed him terribly. Only 6 more weeks! How does a teenager from Raleigh, North Carolina grow to love a little Russian boy as if he were her own? For…
Screaming to be done, my least favorite chore called out to me all morning. I had tried to avoid vacuuming the stairs; had even considered waiting for my little one to come home from school to pawn the job off on her. Yet, I knew, this time, it was my turn.Grabbing the Dirt Devil (who…
It was a beautiful day out on the pitch, waiting for the match to begin. For those of you new to rugby, the pitch is the field and the match is the game. Saturday afternoon, there was no place I would rather be than watching 15 young men come together to scrap it up for…
No…it is not His will for me to be a wild, crazy mad woman. No, duh, you might, say. That’s obvious. But if you were able to sneak a camera into one of the bubble-glass front cabinets in my kitchen, you just might wonderful sometimes what strength this woman is working in! Today, I am…