https://laughingsquid.com/10-minutes-of-weird-deep-sea-aquatic-animals/ Often when I teach my art students about creativity we take some time to look up or read about creatures like the ones in this video. We talk about how much fun God must of had as He thought up the earth and created all of the plants and animals and people. We imagine […]
Trying Too Hard A dear friend of mine once told me that the words that she wanted on her grave marker were “I Tried”. That particular day she was frustrated with the results of her trying. She is a writer and an amazing editor, but what she is most talented at is knowing how to […]
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Every Day Miracles This morning I went on my walk at sunrise. It was a beautiful morning, the sky was brushed with oranges, yellows, and morning light. It was so beautiful that it hurt. It touched that deep place in my heart that we all usually keep safely covered. And I stopped. And I realized. […]
When Sadie, our Golden Retriever, came to live with us it was because we had tried everything else. Despite our efforts and that of medical science our ten-year-old son, Daniel, hadn’t been able to gain any weight since he was three. In fact, he was so medically fragile that he couldn’t attend school. Daniel […]
After our golden retriever, Sadie, died I felt lost. I hadn’t realized how much I had depended on her steady, unconditional love to get me through the craziness of my life. She was always there at the end of my days quietly loving me, ready to snuggle me on my bad days and ready to […]
My birthday is this week. Sometimes it comes and goes and I don’t think much about it but this year I have been thinking. I’ve been thinking that I want to make sure that every day counts. So I’ve come up with a plan and I wanted to share it with you. Every Day […]
I’ve been working on my resume again. And what a crazy resume it is! It is full of so many diverse experiences that I’m very sure it often gets tossed as soon as it comes in to a potential publisher or employer. There is no box or file that it fits comfortably in. I’ve wrestled […]
There is no one that can see the secret things in my heart, the longings, the joys, the regrets, the acceptance, the pain, the peace. And even I can only see glimpses, when I am brave enough to look. But God sees all of it and He loves me deeply, completely, unconditionally. He doesn’t love […]
For many years now on and off since college I have had the privilege of being a Sign Language interpreter. I have had the opportunity to interpret for the birth of a child, for job training, for funerals and for two years in the public schools. There are slightly varying philosophies on exactly what an interpreter’s job […]
After writing my last blog, A Cup of Kindness, I have been trying to be a little more aware of chances to love Christ by loving others, and yesterday an interesting thing happened. It was an unusually hot May day so when I loaded up my car to run errands I filled my water container with my […]
When something terrible has happened to you how do you continue to trust God? The sermon at church yesterday was about the second chapter of Ruth. When I woke up this morning Ruth and her choice to stay with Naomi was on my mind. Her famous words: “Where you go I will go, and where […]
I missed art class this week…was just too tired to go…if I could have gotten there I would have been energized by the creativity and the creative spirits I share the room with…. I went to a two hour sculpture class once. We chose a small chunk of stone…mine was green and about the size and shape of a […]
While in Chicago I had the opportunity to visit the Chicago Institute of art. There is just nothing like seeing paintings in person. There is something tangible in live art that just doesn’t show up in a print or photo of a painting. What is it? Once I heard a mom say that the difference between the two peanut butter sandwiches […]
I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high. —Matthew 24:49 My precious daugher-in-law calls me E-Mom. It is short for Elasti-mom. The first year she was in my son’s life we watched the movie “The Incredibles” together. […]
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