my mission

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Henry Newman wrote a favorite prayer of mine which stays nestled on the kitchen-sink windowsill, where my eyes can skim playfully over the words daily, like fingers gliding across piano keys.

Which I must admit then – oft times – seem to pick themselves up from their print, to flamboyantly dance across my heart! Continue reading “my mission”

beware! monsters up ahead.

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Photo by Jared Schaaf Photography

Fall is here with reminders of how quickly summer passed.

In every store Halloween candy & brightly colored costumes for princesses, witches, and fuzzy-wooly monsters of every size are found in the aisles where sand-buckets, bubbles  and swim-suits once hung.

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Despite the chaos of these short-summer months there was great joy, laughter and even a few unexpected lessons enveloped into our days. Continue reading “beware! monsters up ahead.”

Bliss.

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I loved him before we even met.

 

I prayed for him without knowing his name.

 

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And because I loved HIM I trusted He would grant what I prayed for.

 

A holy man to share my life with.

 

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So, yet another year I give thanks for answered prayers.

 

And for the life we share together.

 

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A wonderful life.

 

Not a perfect one.

 

For which I’m grateful.

Continue reading “Bliss.”