“Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” -Adam Lindsay Gordon It’s amazing how easily one can gauge kindness in another. Just observe their treatment of the restaurant server. Or the grocery bagger. How ’bout the toll collector? On the surface, kindness appears to be…
Joy Thief
It creeps in on silent feet when least expected. Surprises me, even when I think I’ve locked the door, deadbolted it. It’s sneaky like that. A joy stealer. Arrives like a thief in the night. A masquerader, a hypocrite. A tempter. Even a liar. Sometimes I throw cold water in its face, stop it in…
Goodbye Kara Tippetts
“Kara Tippetts went home to be with Jesus on March 22, 2015, after a long slow battle with breast cancer.” Dear Kara, Though I never had the privilege to meet you personally, you made me feel as though I had. From your poignant writings, I knew you to be a warm, grace-filled and beautiful woman. Your genuine…
Artiste Hudson
Hudson arrived home with his first real piece of “artwork” in his school backpack last week. See the paint strokes, random colors? Paint, paper, creativity. That constitutes a real painting to me. And it brought great joy, soared my heart to see his beautiful work. Those who can’t talk, or talk much, even more so…
Prom Yes Drugs No
Hello friends, hope you’re all having a great week and happy spring to you! I heard a lone phoebe bird faintly call this morning, confirming that spring may actually make an appearance in New England this year. (Exhale.) So much bad news on the airwaves these days, I’m excited to share this excellent news I…
Music to My Ears
Just got back home from a beautiful evening. A wonderful but emotional night. Those of you who have more than one child may relate to what I say next. As parents, we love our kids equally. And yet each of our children tugs at our heartstrings a little differently. Jacob’s my second born of four,…
Grace for Hudson
Many of you know our youngest son Hudson was diagnosed with Down syndrome shortly after birth nearly five years ago. (Catch up here: Can’t Buy This .) At four, he struggles to communicate. He makes lots of conversational noises and syllables. We just can’t understand it. (Yet.) His vocabulary is limited to a few handfuls of words,…
Embrace the Gift
Did you ever receive a gift you didn’t want? I mean, you really didn’t want or ask for. Did you cry, pitch a fit? Stamp your foot? Scream at deafening decibel: “I don’t want this! I wanted something different”? Well I certainly hope not. That would be most impolite, quite rude. What the bratty little…
Biggest Little Fan
Today was an ordinary day, like a lot of other Sundays around our house in the last few weeks. We went to church. And it snowed. In that order. Now that the Superbowl is history, we have one disappointed little football fan on Sunday afternoons. Hudson, is one of the guys. (He’s our youngest, has…
Snow angels in disguise
The following is a true story, happened to a close friend of mine. But first, do you believe in angels? Because I do. I don’t know as I’ve ever met one, and that’s just the thing. How would you know? Snow Angels in Disguise by allie taylor Several years ago she told me this story….
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