Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
I’ve noticed in the past few days that I’m really wanting things that are “gentle.” In part it’s the exhaustion from having Kiddo#4 (and I’m more tired now than I have been after any other Kiddo. It’s upsetting because he’s…
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And now, some totally disorganized thoughts from a very postpartum Mom. Buckle in and wear a helmet: this might be rough. — About five hours after Kiddo#4 was born, I awoke from a nap feeling absolutely terrific. It was 12:12,…
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In the final post on Judas, I stated that Satan’s ultimate temptation is to offer us something good that God will eventually give to us anyhow. This is the ultimate temptation for two reasons.
Sometime in the next 24 hours, we’re going to reach 10,000 hits on my weblog. Surely they’re not all my mom! That’s totally cool, and not bad for a scant five months online. My Kiddos, my Patient Husband, the household…
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A few nights ago, Kiddo#3 and I read two books before bedtime. He chooses them at random off his shelf, and for the first one, he picked The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. I loathe that book. I detest it….
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In the last couple of days, we’ve examined Judas’s possible motivation in betraying Jesus and why it appears that Judas didn’t intend for Jesus to die. A fair question now is, “Well, what did Judas intend?”
Yesterday, I talked a bit about Judas Iscariot and what might have motivated him to betray Jesus. Today I’m going to rule out one of the possibilities. It’s my assertion that Judas didn’t intend for Jesus to die. And we’re…
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I’m of the opinion that every Christian girl goes through a period of time when she gets obsessed with Judas’s betrayal of Jesus and tries to figure out what the heck he was thinking. I did it when I was…
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I’m typing this outside on the first day nice enough to sit typing outside. As I type, I’m listening to the most reliable sound of impending springtime. No, not the birds. The birds are often fooled by the lengthening daylight,…
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I have to admit I was stunned by the 2/25 Dear Abby. (First letter.) The gist of the letter is, the letter-writer had two beautiful children with her first husband, and now her second husband wants to have a baby….
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