Beautiful Calling

Source Last month, as I reflected on 2011, mentally reviewed my accomplishments, failures and re-evaluated my priorities and pondered the upcoming year, it was as if the Lord audibly whispered, “choose peace”. I’ve mulled that over while I washed dishes, folded laundry, and tried to fall asleep at night. How can I choose peace? My [...]

  You love wearing Oma’s vintage jewels Happy birthday, Chloe! Today you turn 5. You have been so excited, looking forward to this day. “Five is a big number”, you tell me proudly. Five years have passed slowly and quickly. I look at you, no longer a baby or toddler but a big girl; it [...]

 Source John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Merry Christmas, friends!

After two homebirths and two healthy children, we figured that we knew the drill. Isaac would arrive and six weeks later we’d hop on a plane – an African adventure awaited us. Isaac, born at home, began to go down hill quickly the next day. A month and a half in the NICU with Isaac [...]

I saw this on facebook and decided to share. I have no idea who to credit for it’s creation though. A Wordless Wednesday Post

Friday I wrote about beyond. Beyond death, heaven’s wonders beyond our human comprehension; then I shared that Grandma had went home to Glory. She’s with her precious Jesus and also reunited with Grandpa. This morning we buried her with a simple graveside ceremony. I found it hard. I was blessed to have a close relationship [...]

Me, Grandpa, Grandma, my brother and my sister ~ 2007 My grandmother died yesterday. We were close. She was like a second mother to me, which had it’s perks and it’s downfalls. <smile>  I was incredibly blessed to have her in my life and see her faith; it was a faith of action more than [...]

The mis-matched seeds in the little red pot on the window sill come to life; drinking up their water, basking in the sun and lifting their heads upwards. Each time Chloe eats a piece of fruit, she carefully saves her seeds. We have peach, apple and orange seeds planted in this pot. {I don’t tell [...]

 Source Before I begin to share Isaac’s birth story I wanted to share this song with you. Just as Isaac has grown so much since his arrival in June, I too have grown as well. The Lord gave me this song while Isaac and I were in the hospital and I sang it to Isaac, [...]

Mr. Versatal The children and I spend our days at the park, walking the trails and beautiful streets of our subdivision, or reading and living and loving in our comfortable home. But sometimes, when we venture into the city, our paths come across theirs. Those people; dirty or sad-looking, holding out a hand – or [...]