When It’s a Swim Meet and You Dive in With Your Shirt On
It was Elijah’s first Speedo swim meet today at Xavier School. He was nervous and tense. So was I! I’ve always been into team sports…
Category: God
A Promise is a Promise
When I was growing up, one of the things I appreciated about my dad was that he kept his word. My siblings and I could…
Will the Bickering Ever End?!
The kids were with me the whole day yesterday. Well, what’s new, right? I am a homeschool mom. This is to be expected. However, yesterday…
I’M TIRED. I NEED GRACE.
This is probably the busiest pregnancy I’ve ever had. In this past month, I helped to orchestrate a wedding in our home, host a baby…
It’s Not the Amount
I received a random message from one of Titus’ Sunday School teachers a few weeks ago about an amount of money that Titus gave him….
How Submission to My Husband Brings Protection
I have written quite a bit about submission as a biblical principle in marriage over the years, but it never gets old since I keep…
Pregnant at 41
Over two months ago I had missed my period for several days. Knowing how scheduled my monthly periods are, I wondered if I was pregnant….
What to Do When the Horns Start to Grow on Your Head
Since Edric and I will be leaving for Russia with the kids very soon, I’ve been scrambling to end our 2017 – 2018 homeschool year,…
Three Ways to Be Cured from “Entitle-litis”
We all know that many people today suffer from the spiritual disease known as entitlement, where we believe that certain privileges and rights are due…
How Traffic Can Be a Spiritual Experience
Edric prefers to be home during Holy Week rather than go out of town because of the massive exodus of cars leaving Manila that clog…
Pray Don’t Nag
My tendency is to nag. I don’t know if it’s a woman thing, but I like to repeat my point, my perspective, or my requests…
Be His Valentine
In the movie, The Greatest Showman (which I’ve seen twice), renowned opera singer Jenny Lind tells P.T. Barnum that being rejected as a child born…
