Beautiful Calling

Things flow smoothly, the laundry is caught up, folded and where it should be. I’ve done the dishes after dinner so we wake up with a fresh start each morning. I’m feeling like I have it all together. But then I don’t. With all the doctors appointments, we’re often out several times a week. Isaac [...]

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 [...]

Three doctors appointments on three different days last week. Rinse and repeat for this week. Fall is flying by, life is flying by, these sweet baby days are flying by. And all I seem to be doing lately is trying to catch up; the laundry, the dishes, the dusting… Until yesterday. Perfect Yesterday. I woke [...]

I absolutely love the smell of lilacs. My parents brought over a tree the other day and planted it in the yard while we were out. We got home late and rushed into the house. The next morning there was some excitement in the ranks; a tree had grown in our yard overnight! Ha! I [...]

When my first two tots were babies, I would dress them in clothes to go to the church nursery. With Isaac, I mostly take him in sleepers. He’s the most comfortable in them {I think} and soon enough he’ll have to wear real clothes anyway. But I was delighted to find this sleeper. The best [...]

My children love to throw the laundry down the stairs. It’s great fun. Then they go down the stairs, and haul it into the laundry room where they sort it by person rather than color no matter how many times I remind them. Laundry is pretty ordinary around here. Dirty and clean.  You’ll find it [...]

If you’ve been around a while, you’ll be familiar with Chloe’s love of tutus and ballet. We had the privilege of attending the Nutcracker Ballet last year. That was a highlight for us for sure! Though she had asked to take ballet lessons a while back, DH and I said no. Our concern, aside from [...]

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 [...]

September 15th we started back to {home} school. Borrowing an idea from Carissa at 1+1+1=1, I interviewed the children and actually learned a few things about them! I printed these out to go in their school binders. I hope their answers make you smile today. Have you ever asked your children a question and been [...]