I woke up early on Thanksgiving morning before my alarm went off. Anxiety twisted in the pit of my stomach as I lay in darkness, curled warm under a mound of heavy blankets. This Thanksgiving I would not be gathering at the family table to feast on roast turkey and tell stories and pass the …
Tag: Thanksgiving
A Banner For My Table
Picking up the small green notecard, my friend read her assigned question on the subject of hospitality. "Do you have an intentional banner for your table? For example, do you want it to be a place of laughter? Of compassion? Of rest?" The women around the table paused a bit to digest the question, then …
Our Beautiful Family
Occasionally when our family is out in public and the kids are displaying a rare well-behaved, quiet side of their usually rambunctious temperaments, some kind person remarks to Will and me, "You have such a beautiful family!" Will and I smile and thank the compliment-giver politely. But inside we sort of snicker that we could possibly …
Baruch haShem
When I walked into the kitchen of our lovely cabin in Colorado, Keane greeted me with shiny eyes. “Baruch haShem!” he said. I almost did a double take. What did my two-year-old just say? Will grinned at me from his position at the coffee maker, and I knew he was the guilty one. Trust my …
Giving Thanks
Tomorrow morning we are leaving for Kentucky. On Wednesday, Will and I plan to take our children to the Creation Museum. (They are hopping with excitement!) Then the next four days will be spent in Leitchfield with my parents and all eight of my siblings and their families! It will be a noisy four days! I'm so …