Being a parent is the perfect metaphor of “two steps forward, one step back.” It’s just the way things work in parenting. I thought about that as my youngest son…
Category: Homelife
God Still Moves (And we do too)
Don’t you love the process of putting all your earthly possessions in boxes and moving across the country? I didn’t think so. Who would? I’d much prefer staying in one place…
The NEVERs of Marriage
In marriage, there’s a rule you must follow. Eliminate the words “always” and “never.” In other words, don’t say to your wife, “You’re never are ready when I’m ready to…
My Stocked Up Grandma
My grandma always figured a pandemic would happen. I can just see her now, putting down her needle work next to Martha, Ruth and Eunice in the great sewing circle of…
Blisscoin, Not Bitcoin
A couple of years ago, I had some equipment for sale and this guy messaged me and asked if I would want to sell it for some Bitcoin. He started…
No Such Thing as “Just a Mom”
Last Thursday, I was behind a lady at the grocery store. It’s a national chain, but not one of those fancy all organic places where they offer free samples of…
Worst Day Ever
It happened at the start of my first year of junior high school. My dad got a new job in another state and so the week before school started, we…
The Most Surprising Thing about Family
Perhaps the most surprising thing about our journey as a family is that it is so surprising. The most predicable thing about life is its singular unpredictability. Think about all…
Fear of Aunts
As a child, I grew up as a concrete thinker. Honestly, most of us were. That’s just a fact about kids. They think concretely and are unable to process the…
Elbow Room and Alarm Clocks
In bed the alarm rings, I feel as if my body is 180 lbs. of cement. God whispers, What did you expect? You haven’t taken a day off in…