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When Things Are Out of (Your) Control
Humility is not the opposite of pride. It’s the opposite of anxiety.
You won’t find that definition in Webster’s, but that’s how God’s been speaking to me about it recently.
As a family, we’re planning a big move that we believe God has called us to. But along with that decision comes cartloads of uncertainties. I’ve been ...
Cleanliness Is Next To Craziness
There's plenty to update my blog about, but for now I'll just have to say that my writing bug has been squished a little by a voluminous cleaning effort. We're getting ready to put our house on the market soon, so we're cleaning and organizing, painting and planting.
In other words, we're going bonkers.
Not a state ...
When You’re Not Feeling It
There are those rare occasions when I’m driving all alone in my mini-van – no one’s demanding snacks, asking if we’re “there yet,” or kicking the back of my seat. It’s just me and radio turned up louder than usual. Matthew West comes on the speakers with, “The Motions.”
I belt it out with him:
“I don’t ...
Jesus Knows…Yet Jesus Chose
Recently, I was engaged in one of those privileges of being a mom, i.e. taking out the trash from all the rooms. I was pulling out the plastic trash bag when I spied with my little eye a bunch of kiddie vitamins. Not the yummy gummy-bear kind. Nope. No kid in his right mind would sacrifice those. But the semi-yucky, hard-as-rock Flintstone vitamins. ...
The Wedding Guest
Recently we were invited to a wedding. It was my cousin's Big Fat Indian Wedding - in Phuket, Thailand. I tried to lose weight, shopped for outfits for FIVE different wedding events, matched shoes to each outfit (because what would the world think if I repeated shoes, right?) and made sure I was primped, plucked and ...
The Grasshopper Syndrome
We’ve all been there. That uncomfortable, sometimes even threatening place, where we feel insignificant, insecure and downright invisible. Maybe it’s an interview for a job where you feel underqualified. Maybe it’s as innocuous as a party where you don’t know a soul and everyone else looks like they stepped off Page 3 of the local ...
When you’re thankful for a root canal
This morning I got on the scales like I do every morning. And the blessed thing registered that I was two pounds heavier. For once, I didn't swear off chocolate, processed food and every calorie that ever lived for the rest of my life. I was just happy to be doing something routine.
The last few days have been boderline ...
Parenting Prayers for the New Year
Resolutions - we all know they last for about 21.5 days, if we're lucky.
After that, the manifesto to get off our derrières, devices and dependencies becomes a distant dream. (Yup, this blog is called Alliteration Alley for a reason ;))
We start the year shopping for Kale for our green Vitamix smoothies that are so going to revolutionize our lives. By the ...
Making Space for Christ
It's been stuck in my head. Like a line from a song.
Oh, wait. It is a line from a song. One that probably topped the charts a little while ago.
It's a line from the beloved Christmas hymn, 'Joy to the World.'
It's a song of triumph and celebration. It lifts your spirit. And it's just so... joyful (yeah, super ...
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