I walked over to my friend’s place this evening (CWG‘s wife) and hung out with her for a while. It’s been far too long since I’ve hung out with her. I’ve been thinking about some of my other friends and how I haven’t seen them for a while either. Life can totally get away on you. And when I get wrapped up with all the ‘internal’ things (family, work, home) […] Read More
It feels like I shouldn’t even consider myself a ‘blogger’ since I’ve been posting so sporadically. I really haven’t felt like posting anything lately. But here’s an update: our family road trip was not all I had expected it to be – more stress than fun (although there was some of that), plus our videocamera/camera was stolen. Poopie!!! I was watching our 20 month old daughter a few days ago […] Read More
So on Wednesday, we headed off for a long-anticipated vacation. There were a few hiccups and we ended up leaving several hours later than we had planned, but we were finally on the road. It was a glorious drive. I saw so much wildlife – a fox, a meadowlark (which I saw AND heard when we stopped for supper at the side of the road – I miss the sound […] Read More
I’ve decided I like my old blog design better Life has been really hard lately, although this past week has been better why does life always seem so busy? I really really love my husband and am so glad I’m married to him and that we’re in this together I love my kids – my heart breaks for them sometimes (I guess that’s what love is about) My day job […] Read More
On Friday, my husband and I attended a seminar given by Dr. Ross Greene, the author of the book The Explosive Child. I own the book and have read it a couple of times but hearing the author speak shed new light on the topic. The basic premise of what he was talking about is that children will do well IF THEY CAN. Just as there are kids who lack […] Read More
Life has been pretty stressful the last couple of weeks. And when I’m stressed I’m not really thinking about writing anything. Being a mother can be really really hard sometimes. It’s discouraging when all you want to do is help your child and it doesn’t seem like what you’re doing is making any difference. I’m very thankful for my church who has prayed for me and my family, and who […] Read More
What is the Good News? We are a broken people. We live in a broken world. And despite this, God loves us. He accepts us exactly as we are – as broken people. Even after we have chosen to follow Him, there are many parts of us that continue to be broken – and God loves us anyways. This means we can accept our brokenness and allow Jesus to pour […] Read More
ROCK…PAPER…SCISSORS
A couple of weeks ago, a friend wrote this blog post and it got me thinking. I have a somewhat different take on why people ‘deviate from the truth they once knew’ as she puts it. Let me preface this with a little bit of my journey. Over two years ago, I found something new happening to me as I would sit in church. As I would listen to the […] Read More
We spent the long weekend in Edmonton visiting family. Because of my work, I was able to get a discount at the Delta Edmonton South, so my hubby and I spent two nights there with no kids. It was so wonderful. It was so quiet! We both didn’t want to leave as we were packing up today. Living in a hotel is quite the life – you get your food […] Read More