Buying a pig and becoming self sufficient in providing meat for you and your family.
The Hands of The Father
Sometimes I forget that I am a little child. Knowing only in part. Drinking the milk of the Word. Seeing dimly. I teeter on unsteady steps, largely oblivious to the potential dangers around me. Like a baby reaching for the next shiny thing to clutch in my chubby fists. Never thinking of the fall until I’ve […]
Dance Like No One’s Judging
From my journal – minimal editing. My kids have been dancing lately, whenever some upbeat music comes on. It started at Chuck E Cheese’s when there was a blue scren and video system that would project the kids’s image onto the background. They were delighting in seeing themselves moving in response to the music and […]
Heading to Ecuador for Jungle Kids for Christ
Update – List has been updated! Please re-read the list and see what items you can help with. Angela’s Note – This is my baby sister. My gorgeous baby sister that was the first blessing in our family after my parents chose to give God control of their fertility. Paula Joy is now 18 – […]
Half of Blissdom With a Broken Body
I read in a tweet that Jeff Goins encouraged us at Blissdom to write the tough stuff. The stuff that isn’t easy to say and doesn’t come out in pleasantries. The stuff that scares us a little to admit. See – beneath my high-energy, bright smile, and with-it appearance I have a broken body. Usually I […]
Novel Destination, Scriptures and 2012
It has been a fun year of virtual travel through books. I’ve been to Afghanistan, China and France during the period of my own lifetime. I’ve been in the Caribbean around the turn of the 20th century. I spent several centuries in Russia, and I am currently reading “Out Stealing Horses” set in eastern Norway […]
Learning Thankfulness in the NICU
Nurse: “Ok, let’s get you hooked to this IV and get the antibiotics started.” Me: “Excuse me? IV? Antibiotics? I am having a natural birth and my birth plan states I do not wish to be on an IV. I don’t mind you puting in the heplock for just-in-case, but no IV unless needed.” Nurse: […]
Blessing of the Animals: Many Animals and Many Religions
On the Sunday closest to the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, many churches around the country have a special blessing of animals service. In New York City, the largest of these was held on October 2 at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in MorningsideHeights. Since I am an animal lover at heart, […]
Celebrate An Early Christmas By Packing a Shoebox for Kids in Need
It isn’t Christmas yet, and some of us don’t like to even think about Christmas coming early. The holiday season can be a crazy time of the year. There is lots of shopping, cooking, cleaning, and family to entertain as the holiday season approaches. And, as the holiday approaches, my husband and I have determined […]
Parched and Thirsty Land – As the Deer
What happens when Oklahoma suffers from over a month with temperatures in the triple digits…in July? When rural water districts put water restrictions in place banning watering gardens and even closing local swimming pools? When your focus shifts from this year’s bounty, to saving as many of your shrubs and trees for next year […]
More Frugal and Easy Homemade Christmas Gifts
During the holiday season we’re bombarded with pressure to buy the latest and greatest gadget for everyone on our list.
This, This is Love
It’s timechange early and bitter crying is coming from the bathroom. My oldest son is in misery. Staggering into the bathroom, bleary eyed and half-blind with sleep I ask what’s wrong. “My knife!” he wails.
