Originally posted on this author’s earlier blog In His Grip back in 2019 As Christmas 2019 is right around the corner, many of us embrace the illusion we call control. We love to control our bank accounts–when we are not overspending…our body image–when we are not eating what appeases only our taste buds but notContinueContinue reading “Controlled Chaos”
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Ambiguous Grief
I fought back tears with everything I had. She wouldn’t turn around to look at us, but I have it on good authority she was doing the same (she told me later). We were in a large, bustling airport and my baby girl had her back to us as she stood in the line atContinueContinue reading “Ambiguous Grief”
Kaleidoscope (pt 2)
In my last post, we ended by contemplating some probing questions about our identity. Soul-searching inquiries like: Who Am I and Where do I fit into God’s cosmic plan? We also observed how often the enigma of who we are seems to slide in and out of focus, like a child’s cardboard kaleidoscope. Not exactlyContinueContinue reading “Kaleidoscope (pt 2)”
Kaleidoscope
The robin’s egg blue bedroom at my grandmother’s house holds some magical childhood memories for me. Among these cherished treasures are a peanut, a maiden, and a puzzle of sorts. The peanut was a green Mr. Peanut piggy bank– my special coin jar to collect my secret stash of bubble gum money. The porcelain maidenContinueContinue reading “Kaleidoscope”
Mother’s Day 2020
Honeysuckle Today started with the love of my life bringing me left over birthday cake with a newly whipped up batch of dairy-free icing… the original had cream cheese icing which was yummy in the tummy but my tummy was not very happy with me for indulging. So C. made a new batch, scraped offContinueContinue reading “Mother’s Day 2020”
Easter is Alive and Well!
Amidst speculation that Easter, this year, might be canceled, those who know our Saviour chuckle at the thought of such an impossibility. Easter be canceled? Umm… no. Not possible. Our God is the God of the impossible and since on Easter He overcame Death, I don’t think a little coronavirus global pandemic is going toContinueContinue reading “Easter is Alive and Well!”
Constructive Criticism
” Jen, can I talk to you for a second?” No words make my heart sink faster than when someone rhetorically poses that loaded question. I instantly respond with, “Am I in trouble?” Usually this question stays safely in my head. I feel vulnerable. What did I do wrong and what do I need toContinueContinue reading “Constructive Criticism”
Willows and Woollens pt. 1
Wow. It’s going to be hard to capture the essence of the first quarter of Home Education in one post. Remember I’m not usually going to narrate here but marinate. Discuss. Ponder. In this first volume, which is written to encourage young mothers in bringing up their form one and younger children (under age 9),ContinueContinue reading “Willows and Woollens pt. 1”
Decidedly Different 