Dear Busy Mama, I see you, chasing seconds…Moments where you can sneak away, take a walk or get coffee with kids resting safely (and quietly) in their carseats. I see how even brainless acts of folding laundry have become a sanctuary for your soul… Not because you want to do “one more load”, but because the […]
“Teach me to treat all that comes to me with peace of soul and with firm conviction that you will govern all.” Elizabeth Elliot wrote these words despite the fact that her husband, Jim Elliot, was slain by the exact tribe he had been ministering to, in Equador. I am sure Elizabeth didn’t expect to be a widow, […]
“Are you going to warm up the car?” My eight-year-old calls while scrambling to put on shoes, eat breakfast, slide on her scarf before running out the door. “I am doing that now”, I respond with toddler in hand, dangling keys, grabbing my cell phone before running to find a car frozen like Hans Solo, frozen […]