Ever feel as if you’re stuck in the spin cycle – spinning your wheels so fast that you constantly spin out? You keep waiting for your big break, but it’s brokenness that you get. You pray, as Jabez did, that God will enlarge your territory, but the only thing that enlarges is the gulf between you and your dream. Okay, so (more…)
What We Can Learn from Peekaboo
Our granddaughter, Langley, loves to play peekaboo. She’ll slap her chubby hands over her eyes to signal the start of the game. Then, after we say the requisite “Where’s Langley?” several times over, she retracts her hands excitedly, revealing a huge toothy grin.
Our dog Churchill – the rocket scientist one, not the one lacking everything but a brain stem – also (more…)
What’s Your Legacy?
Maybe it’s because I just got over a kick-you-in-your-behind illness, or maybe it’s because I’m officially a woman of a certain age, but I think about things like what people will say about me at my memorial service. (FYI, I’ve asked that Alison Krauss’ “Everyone Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)” be played at my funeral. If (more…)
Heavenly Minded and of No Earthly Good
Nearly two weeks ago, my youngest son came home sick after serving as staff at a weeklong church camp. When his fever crept up into unnatural numbers, the doctor confirmed the unpleasant reality: the flu, a summertime strain for which we hadn’t been inoculated.
“You’ll come down with seven deadly diseases,” my oldest son prophesied as he looked at me almost accusingly.
“Gee, (more…)
Don’t Be a Drama Mama
As a child, I spend several years attending weekend theater classes at a place then known as Lakewood Little Theater in suburban Cleveland. I’ve always had a flair for the dramatic: I love to tell stories (mostly with my hands), I love to sing, and I love to get a reaction from people.
That’s mostly my stage persona, as all performers are (more…)