It’s amazing how many people I know struggle in this month. It is such an eye opener to see the quite real reality that lack of sun creates chaos in people’s bodies and minds. I haven’t done a scientific study on that claim, but it seems to be pretty darn logical. That’s where I’ve been…

Today marked my youngest’s ninth birthday. How is it that the baby of our family is nine? I don’t get how time passes so quickly. So much to be grateful for on this day and every day to get to steward these sweet and beautiful image bearers of our creator. This girl that we celebrated…

What a strange word February is. Most of the months in our calendar get their name from Roman gods. February is unique in that it got its name from a festival the Romans celebrated, from which they created a god to honor during that festival. The festival was Februa. It was a month long and…

Every year in the winter, when frost crept along the ground, our kids would wake up with such delight when they found white crunchy stems of grass on the ground. There was something wonderful about the beauty of everything covered in white. I so enjoy as a mother getting to glean from their wonder in…

Each year our church hosts a dinner for the church members and goes over the previous year’s high lights, budget and casts a vision into the next year. I always enjoy hearing the vision of leaders in our lives. There’s so much value in understanding the direction the organizations around you are going in. There…

There is a breathtaking experience that happens when one is in relative proximity to trees when the sun is out. Seeing the light shine through the brilliant green leaves, or needles of a fir, is one of God’s stunning gifts to us. I got to experience such a moment today when we went as a…

Why are habits so difficult to change/make/build? Almost everything in nature runs on cycles, habits, patterns. From Fibonacci patterns in plants, their annual life cycles, to the behaviors and patterns of cats, habits are evident everywhere. What does that say about our creator? He is consistent. That is definite. He must value order, sequence, predictability.…

“The world about us, far more intricate than any watch, filled with checks and balances of of a hundred varieties, marvelous beyond even the imagination of the most skilled scientific investigator, this beautiful and intricate creation, bears the image of its Creator, graven in its works.” A chemist, Charles Stine penned this lovely quote. It…

Flurry: light, brief shower of snow. sudden commotion, excitement, or confusion; nervous hurry. Yep. That’s my life right now, minus the snow part: sudden commotion, excitement or confusion; nervous hurry. Being a wife, homeschooling mom of three kids (one entering teenagerdom, yikes), supporting and directing co-ops, volunteering and participating in three different kid’s activities, church,…

What is fog? I would imagine that most people know what fog is. It has always seemed to capture my attention with its eerie mist like quality that seems to block vision and path. A quick search explained that it’s water vapor that has condensed into water molecules that are suspended in air close to…