Oops!
If you subscribed to my blog way back when, you probably received three or four old blog posts yesterday. I apologize! I accidentally published them again! We will now carry […]
The Great Thaw
Stuck. That’s where I’ve been. I just looked back at the last time I wrote: September 2014, “The Long Winter.” And here I am….still feeling like I’m in winter. What? […]
the long winter
Maryland has had one of the coldest snowiest winters in years, or so the locals say; and this Carolina girl is not used to temperatures in the single digits or […]
when grief and joy go hand in hand
My mom delivered seven children naturally. I witnessed four of those births. My siblings were born either at home or in a birth center. The atmosphere was calm, peaceful, sacred […]
a baby shower of sorts
If you’ve read my blog for longer than a week, you’ve heard me mention Mandie Joy, my co-foster mom in Uganda. If you don’t read her blog, then you might […]
moving north
It’s Saturday and there is a very pleasant lull in the house while little man sleeps. Two months ago J came home from Afghanistan, a whole month early due to […]
Need of Jesus
It’s been silent here for a while and I should update, but while an update is brewing, here’s what I’ve been reading: Another Army wife gave me a book called […]
to two moms
::Unwearying Faithfulness:: For years I have watched my mom as she has mothered my siblings and me. When she looks back over those years she probably sees the things she […]
joy in the aching
We are officially in the doldrums of this deployment. R&R has come and gone, and we aren’t quite to the halfway point between R&R and my love’s homecoming. Morale ebbs […]
Jesus::Comfort and Compassion
I went to a Good Friday service today at church. It was at an inconvenient time…right in the middle of Crumb’s naptime….so I had to wake him up and then […]
Ripples from Rachel 