by Louise | Oct 15, 2021 | Encourage, Faith, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
After years of writing (here, in my journal, and in my millions of half-finished notebooks around the house) about life with kids and navigating their baby years, tween years and teenage years, it’s finally here: the dreaded “empty nest.” We dropped...
by Shannon | Aug 12, 2020 | Encourage, Life in general, Shannon, Uncategorized
Kid #3 starts school in the morning. As in…she’s leaving the house and going to another building for eight hours! Oh is she ever excited to start 8th grade…truly! She’s been organizing and labeling (and re-labeling and re-organizing) school and...
by Shannon | Jul 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Flying. In the clouds and then through the clouds in a little can of metal; The truth is, I really shouldn’t be here, but God allows me. He lets me see this view. He lets me soar. As I go higher into a clear sky I know that my flight is not the only thing that should...
by Louise | Aug 10, 2018 | Encourage, Life in general, Louise, Uncategorized
It’s such a gift to be able to see the potential for new life in old things. I haven’t always had this gift, but I’ve gotten better at it. Instead of only seeing the value in new things, I have a much greater appreciation for the beauty that comes...
by Louise | Dec 23, 2017 | Encourage, Faith, Inspire, Louise, Uncategorized
As someone who has struggled in the past with too much worrying, I resolved this year to try to fight it. My devotionals and scripture emphasize over and over that worry steals our peace, our enjoyment of the present, and steals our time with God. I knew if I could...
by Louise | Aug 15, 2017 | Encourage, Louise, Parenting, Uncategorized
School is about to start again, and I’m trying my best to wring some “summer” out of these last August days before we step onto the treadmill of school routines, evening sports and nonstop activity. But the last week or so has been very un-summery....
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