I’ll Be Home for Christmas

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

I’ll be home for Christmas! What excitement there is in that thought . . . home! What, exactly, makes home the place we long to return to, the place we dream of? I remember when my husband and I made a move to a different house after over twenty years in a home we had...

A Labor of Love

I’ve had a love for writing my entire life. I remember in third or fourth grade when our class decided to throw our teacher a party. My job was to write a poem for her. How I wish I had a copy of that poem now! After raising four children, I wonder what it said....

How to Make the Most of Summer

“A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to both body and soul.”  Proverbs 17:22a, TPT Summertime in Minnesota needs to be celebrated and lived to the fullest. Here are a few ideas that will bring a smile to your face and health to your body and soul. Grab your cup of...

The Best Gift

Sitting at the fancy fundraising dinner, I chaffed secretly in my finery for the hundredth time before sighing internally and turning to the woman in gold sequins seated next to me in an effort to make small talk. We both awkwardly cast about for some common ground...

Faith, Family, Football

I forget. I always forget. Then something like Saturday afternoon’s homecoming game featuring a double reverse pass play brings me back to reality. Watching the gridiron team of my alma mater, I was mesmerized early in the game, still in the first quarter, when my...