Tales from a Mid-Lifer

  • Wordless Wednesday-The Sign of His Covenant

  • Monday Gratitude: C.S. Lewis

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  • Silent Sunday-Mother Teresa

    “We need to find God, and He cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass – grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able…

  • Joining the Rat-Race Mid-Life

    Joining the Rat-Race Mid-Life

    Over 20 years ago, I sat on the tarmac in Iowa waiting to take off and return home from a business trip. I was in my first big-girl job post-college, and after receiving a promotion, was promptly sent to various cities to work with administrators in the Midwest and Northeast.…

  • Happy Daisies🌼

    When picking up flowers to have on various tables at my twins graduation party, I decided to get a variety of a few different blooms. Their party was three weeks ago and I JUST had to retire these happy, pretty daisies this morning! They were the least expensive yet brought…

  • Gratitude…Billy Graham

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  • Wordless Wednesday Birdies

  • Gratitude…R.C. Sproul

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  • D-Day Celebrations Have Me Thinking About Patriotism

    D-Day Celebrations Have Me Thinking About Patriotism

    I don’t come from a military family, nor was I raised with any real political discussion or  thoughts about country. Yet, in my twenties I started paying attention to history and even more so in the last decade, I’ve grown to be highly patriotic. There was no significant reason why…

  • Evolution of my Rhododendron

    I know talking about the weather gets boring, and I also know that there are far worse issues in the world, but in my area of New York, Spring is still limping along. It’s a whopping 57 degrees today…?! Reaching for a pair of white pants still feels wrong even…

  • Gratitude…John MacArthur

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  • Why Isn’t Parenting Considered a Profession and Why Are We So Embarrassed by It?

    If you’ve read this blog lately, you know I’ve been traveling a bit. Conversations among a wide array of human beings, each simultaneously living strikingly similar yet vastly dissimilar family lives fascinated me. A perpetual student at heart, I enjoyed every small talk chat and lengthier conversation surrounding the literal…