In an e-mail today from George . . .
“Thoughts of you bring sunshine into my morning where rain clouds still linger outside.” ♥ EZ
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Wonder
Amazing Grace
This afternoon a persistent little pang told me I was hungry. Heart hungry. I knew just what would satisfy it, too. I called Grace. We talked for a while about various subjects. Then, after a momentary silence, she said, “I need to tell you something.” * * * Time for some backstory. (I’ve been doing
Consumers and Savorers
You know how sometimes memories just pop into your head, and you wonder what on earth prompted that particular recollection to fly out of its dusty brain file and land on the screen of your mind? That happened to me today while I was jumping rope. I don’t know. Maybe my mind tries to compete
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Advice for the day.
If you don’t want to understand love . . . If you don’t want to learn how to pray . . . If you don’t want to carry an exquisite ache like a chunk of molten gold — never cooling, but weighing with a constant pressure on your heart — don’t become a mother.
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Stones on the miles
This year marks a critical shift in the universe. Okay. Maybe not the universe. Maybe just the solar system. But the significance of these events should not be overlooked or minimized. Irreversible changes are about to take place, and nothing will ever be the same again. By the end of April a line will have
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All I Want For Christmas
We celebrated Thanksgiving in Dallas with twenty-two relatives. Good food. Good conversation. Good laughs. It was all good. After dinner my sister gathered everyone together and played a CD of her son’s band performing a song he wrote about Jacob–a song that snagged the attention of a record label rep when he heard it and
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The Slobodkins
Yesterday I picked up this week’s issue of WORLD Magazine and read the following: L’Abri’s golden jubilee Next year is the 50th anniversary of the founding of L’Abri Fellowship by Francis Schaeffer. Thousands of young backpackers, burned-out hippies, and other seekers trying to sort out the big issues of life flocked to this study center
Birth Announcement
No, I haven’t been keeping secrets. My “baby” is nineteen now. However, I just chatted on IM with Jennifer, and she gave me permission to make this announcement. She hopes to write something in her LJ “soon,” but with two young boys and a newborn, well . . . On November 7, she and Chris
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I came, I saw, I cracked up.
If you know me at all, you know I love to laugh. In my world, all laughter is good. But there is a definite hierarchy of hilarity, and laughter shared with loved ones ranks among life’s chiefest pleasures. My daughter Grace and I share some interesting familial traits. Our brains work the same way, and
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What Was and What Is
The upper school students spent the whole day at a ropes course. Most of the activities were designed to encourage teamwork in overcoming obstacles. But toward the end of the afternoon, the course director offered the kids a chance at an individual challenge. At least several stories above the ground, a single board extended from
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