Do You Have Clutter?

Do You Have Clutter?

We live in a fairly small farmhouse (pictured above) that was built in 1900 and we have lived here since we married 23 years ago.    Most adults have moved several times which usually prompts purging excess items, but not us. Instead of purging like we should, we have...
Hope in the Darkness

Hope in the Darkness

I don’t make resolutions or choose a word or scripture that follows me throughout the year.  I have many friends who do and I think it is so neat, but God has never placed it on my heart.  However, Bonnie — The Faith Barista — asked us to write about...
I miss you.

I miss you.

Hi Mama and Daddy, I’m sure you are completely unaware of how much time has passed since you left this earthly realm.  It seems like you were just here — yet your passing could have been a lifetime ago. I have pretty much moved on with my life, but moments...
Letters to God

Letters to God

Today Bonnie, The Faith Barista, asked us write with this prompt:  A Letter to God. Do you ever write letters to God?  I have written to God in my journals for years though it wasn’t until a recent dream that I decided to entitle a journal, “Letters to...
A Letter to My Younger Self

A Letter to My Younger Self

Sweet little girl, you are so full of innocence and fear. Why are you so fearful?  When was that seed planted?  God is with you and He loves you! Now that I have a daughter, I often look at pictures of you and desire to hold you and show you the love you so hungered...
FEARLESS

FEARLESS

Bonnie, The Faith Barista, provided the prompt “fearless” for the Faith Jam today. Ah, what life would be like if we were all fearless! As you read in my post yesterday, my family just returned from Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. As a teenager, I...