Daily Step – Paper and Tape and Vision
New life greeted me the other day born from a pack of construction paper and a roll of masking tape. I walked into the twins room...
June 19, 2020
Daily Step – Ears to Listen
The boys had a short run in the kiddie pool the other day. My oldest argued with me over wearing a swim shirt. He is blessed...
June 18, 2020
Daily Step – “Come help me.”
“Mom, I need help! Come help me!” The words were faint, almost as if they were floating just out of my grasp, part of a dream...
June 17, 2020
Daily Step – Holding onto Joy.
Sometimes my boys make me jewelry. Mostly they make robot aliens and characters from whatever show they are watching. “Look mom, I made this robot with...
June 16, 2020
Daily Step – May we be overcome by love.
“I was suddenly overwhelmed with the realization that I loved all these people…” This weekend, we broke out the $30 pool we bought from Sam’s a...
June 15, 2020
Sunday Stride – Because He liked us.
One thing we started recently was family dinners. Pre-covid, we often got home too late and the boys were too hungry to sit and eat together....
June 13, 2020
Daily Step – Bringing Stories to Life
Last night, I walked into my office to find an explosion of kid scissors and paper scraps. There is always collateral damage to my boys creativity....
June 12, 2020
Daily Step – You are not alone.
“Mom can we please go somewhere today?” Summer is here and my boys are bored. I can’t blame them, they’ve been stuck here since March… and...
June 11, 2020
Daily Step – Piece by Piece.
My husband has been redoing our garage for the last six months. We moved in five years ago to a house with a lot of issues....
June 9, 2020
Daily Step – Mom, we could just jump.
“But what about snakes?” “Mosquitos? Germs? You may fall! You could get hurt! You don’t know what’s lurking in that dark hole you are sticking your...
June 8, 2020