Forever Steadfast

I’m going to tell you a story. Once upon a time, and not too many years ago, a man built a little, yellow house. Into the house moved his...

The following post is written in context of the second year mark (September 1st) since Joshua went heaven-side and our upcoming wedding...

Some of the kids recently returned from another scuba diving adventure. I was regaled with enthusiastic tales of exploring sunken boats,...

“He found him in a desert land and in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple...

I asked Hadassah just now how I should begin this little family-newsy-update-thing...and she answered with quite a bit of jabber. A loose...

Hiking with young children in our luscious, Pacific Northwest mountains, is a feat in itself. As a trail winds through the forests, along...

My aunt told me first about the "computer chips" in hybrid roses. I was fairly new at keeping roses and had been given my own garden...

“Happy New Year” was the collective sentiment of early January 1st, 2023. We all then went on to find the 2023 year filled with...

The early dawn breaks and the village awakes with crude, intrusive noises. Morning mist fills the littered air with moistened streets,...

“I can’t wait for Christmas,” Alec told me the other day. “I will get my stocking and open my presents.” Then he recited his wish list....

Something happened between November 26th, 2022 and November 26th, 2023. A newborn grew into a one-year-old. I am perplexed once again by...

When I was a little girl, I distinctly recall the schoolyard scene of being in my first relay race. All I had to do, when it was my turn,...

Time is a mystifying element. Can it be comprehended in mind and thought uncaught by human hands, from human grasp? A concept to which...

I don’t know much about wrestling. Except that, in a sudden lapse of reason, two people decide to engage one another in a ridiculously...

Some have wondered what has gone on in the Thomas family since last September. While our lives might be considered just as interesting...

Some time ago, I was startled to see a wide girth of flames quickly consuming the stretch of weedy field grass that separates our lawn...