This is sort of a hodgepodge letter about family life. Nothing particularly wise or profound, so read on at your own risk. We are working hard at fixing up our house in hopes of moving in a few weeks. This past week we worked on wiring, insulating, and sheet rock. These days have been long …
Month: April 2016
worship brings blessing
Know how it is sometimes when you're bustling about your work, distractedly juggling lists in your mind and trying to pull everything together to accomplish a torrent of tasks? Then amid the whirl, something pierces your spirit, and you find yourself absolutely still, pondering... That happened to me this week. We're trying to get ready to …
Temple Grandin
If someone you love is on the autism spectrum, I highly recommend that you watch the movie Temple Grandin. Temple Grandin is an autistic woman who overcame gigantic difficulties to use her exceptional mind to contribute to the scientific community. The first time I watched the movie, I cried the whole way through (and laughed, too!). Not …
An Alligator Under The Bed
In Mercer Mayor's fun book There's an Alligator Under My Bed, the main character is scared and doesn't want to go to sleep, because he just knows there's an alligator lurking under his bed. He devises an elaborate scheme to escape the alligator and returns to lure it out with food he raids from the fridge. …
A Time To Read
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven, says Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3:1. I take that to mean that somewhere in there is a time to read! I honestly don't understand when people say that they enjoy reading, but don't read because they don't have time. For me, it's …