Amazing August 2012

Hello friends, I trust you enjoyed this week thus far, as I have (my school week is over, so the weekend starts tomorrow...).  Now that it...

July 2012 Memories and Thanks...

Hello blog friends, I trust you had a wonderful July, and that your summer is ending well (gasp...is it really almost over?!)  I have been m...

Enough....more than enough.

with Mike & Nan at Aunt Catfish's This morning I sat in my peaceful new living room, giving thanks to my Father.  The radio played p...

Following Christ When We Think We Can't....

Several weeks ago, I accepted a job to teach a 5th-6th grade class in the fall, and am waiting for the class to be filled so I can be offere...

Planting Seeds, and Trusting in God's Perfect Plans

It's been an up and down week here in our home (and that should explain my scarcity here).... But I wanted to share a story that may enc...

Positive Marks

We like to laugh at the monkey calendar....   My sweet boys from Holland are doing well in school....J and P, I will call them, to protect t...

Wilbur spins a web?

This past week, while reading Charlotte's Web to my sweet class (and laughing a lot along the way), I found a little lesson nestled insi...

J is for Jesus...and Joyful...

He's always listening.  Jesus, that is.  I spent my 50-minute commute to work this morning listening to the beginning of Francis Chan...

Letting Go

Every year, as the school year ends, I face the same bittersweet feelings of letting go....letting go of the schedule I have gotten used to....