Monthly Archives: May 2014
It’s in Your DNA
My son presented me with this drawing on Mother’s Day, right before we arrived at my parents’ house. He’s twelve years old and has never had an art lesson. We don’t have a dog like this one. He just created it. His daddy draws and paints and his sister can draw too. My sister can … Continue reading
What God Plants
Every year about this time, this plant with dainty little purple flowers blooms underneath my oak tree. My hubby asks me every year what it is. I mean it’s always so lush and bushy and it fills in a blank space. It’s hard to believe that I didn’t plant it or in no way do … Continue reading
Life’s Doors
It’s that time of year again, graduation. I live in a college town, so I’m really immersed. All of the stores have graduation cards and gift ideas. The invitations start arriving in the mail and it makes me remember my own high school graduation. It’s hard to believe it’s been twenty-six years, when in so … Continue reading
Dirty Dish Moments
I spent a lot of time Saturday working out in the yard. Spring has been a long time coming this year and there’s always much to be done when the earth finally wakes up from its winter slumber. One of my tasks was doing some serious cleaning on my back porch. Besides the regular crud … Continue reading
Mother Love
This weekend is Mother’s Day. As I think of this day set aside to honor all the world’s mamas, I think about the unique gift of mother love. Mothers and fathers love their children in entirely different ways. Both are equally important, but they are different. I kind of think of the Old and New … Continue reading
What is Your Song?
I love music. I suppose I always have. I don’t play an instrument, but I have great appreciation for those who do. When my hubby and I first wed, we played music all of the time. We liked all genres. We were never getting cable. (Okay, so we changed our minds about that.) I … Continue reading
The Psychology of the Promposal
What in the world is a promposal, you may ask? It’s the craze that has swept high schools across the country where a boy comes up with some elaborate, very public gesture to ask a girl to prom. In my daughter’s high school, it has filtered down to the homecoming dance as well. Think about … Continue reading
Infinite Blessings
My daughter has been playing guitar for five years now. She’s become pretty good at it. While she likes to perform, and happily plays any time she is asked, every time I try to get her to enter any sort of talent contest, she flat-out refuses. When I kept asking her why, she told me that … Continue reading
Growing Friendship
My daughter is almost finished with her freshman year of high school. When she started this year, one of her friends asked her what she hoped to accomplish during her four years of high school. Her friend went on to say that she wanted her name on trophies to be displayed in the office. She … Continue reading