“Those are pretty flowers. Who are they for?” he asked. “Me. I had a horrible week and no one noticed, so I bought them for myself to cheer me up – they were the cheap ones at the grocery, so no worries, okay?” she responded. Silence. She knew he just didn’t know what to say. …
Disappointment threatened to crush my mother’s heart as I listened to the child’s tale of woe. Like shards of glass under bare feet, we pressed hard together into the painful event and shared tears. Helpless to reinvent history, I offered empathy and hugs and my own sorrow for this precious one’s heart ache. It seemed …
This weekend, the women from our church got together for a lovely retreat. At the end of the weekend, there was a public sharing time. I wanted very much to stand up and talk about what I planned to do as a result of my experience, but did not. I yearned to unburden myself about …
Proverbs 14:1 (NASV) The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands. I remember when my boys were little and the bazillion times in a day when I would hear, “Watch me, mommy!” Or, “Look what I can do!” My daughter seldom does this, and when she does, …
I want to point out that she is really thanking God – any time we behave like Titus 2 women, Jesus is doing His thing through us. From Carla: I wanted to thank you all for being a guiding help in my life….. Just last week my husband and I were at a teen camp …