Isn’t that what we all dream of- a beautiful life? Coming to the end of our days with no regrets, no major goals unfinished, and at peace with our world and our Maker? But many of us get caught up in the rat race of life and decide, usually by default rather than conscious choice,Continue reading “A Beautiful Life”
Monthly Archives: January 2009
My Son has a Fan Club?!
Breaking news in our house last night – my freshman son, Latin scholar and ignorer of all things nonacademic at school, has a fan club. What does this mean? I’m not exactly sure, but it is apparently the way that high school girls at his school indicate some type of interest in the boys. HisContinue reading “My Son has a Fan Club?!”
Hamburger Vegetable Soup
There is nothing better than a bowl of hearty soup on a cold day – and we have a cold day in Tennessee today! It will be down in the single digits tonight, and yet for all the shivering and high heating bills, we don’t get the fun of any snow. Oh well, at leastContinue reading “Hamburger Vegetable Soup”
Poetic Reflections
My older son surprised me tonight; his first real attempt at poetry brought tears to my eyes. The students were instructed to imitate the style of George Ella Lyon’s poem Where I’m From. What I thought would be simply an intellectual and creative challenge became a poignant insight into the significant memories from his childhoodContinue reading “Poetic Reflections”
Tribute to our Son
Here is a video my husband made of our son for his Affirmation of Manhood ceremony. It is set to Toby Mac’s song Lose Your Soul on the Portable Sounds album.