Happy 25 Amanda
Dear Amanda, I know you’re my only daughter-in-law, but you’re still my favorite! Though you weren’t born into our family, you were born to be part of it and I feel like I got a great gift when Clayton chose you as his life partner. One quarter of a century. One fourth of “my kids”.…
Breathe Deep
Years ago, Jim and I found a band called Lost Dogs; some of the members had been part of the early Christian music movement. Their lyrics made us think and ponder anew the reality that is YHWH. This song is one of theirs that we sang with our youth groups. Verse 1: Politicians, morticians, philistines,…
Christmas Rant
This is the season I often feel shame for my feelings about the holidays. I have not always felt this way and maybe I won’t in in the future. Still, I feel like a party pooper or a grinch because I just don’t care anymore. People like to tell me that it is because I…
Christmas 2024
Happy Christmas! Last year (2022) I took the year off from sending Christmas cards. 2023 is now on its way out. For our family it was the year of 4 weddings and a funeral. Rex Moses, my dad, made it safely home to heaven at the end of 2022 and we celebrated…
Happy Birthday Jim #68
Jim, Your high school reunion was this year. I was asked if I would like to attend in your honor. which says a great deal about how valued you were that they still miss you and wish you were around to celebrate with them. (I didn’t go because I was in RI when it happened).…
Sparking Gratitude to Be Real-ly Thankful 2023
It is November and while I am trying to live a life all year with a thankful heart, this is the month I express it aloud and with intention. One of the rhythms of my life is taking stock of how amazing and spectacular life is in spite of and in the midst of hard…
Now I’m 64
Sometimes I am really weird… yeah okay I am always weird but sometimes it is more visible …. I completely embarrassed my kids by cranking up the volume on spotify and singing my own version in the middle of a crowded Rutabegorz! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxHyLQsuYqji3OIaltR8tGMI0WF9bj-1ygiX_o0/ Now I’m 64 (a parody of the Beatles When I’m Sixty-Four) Now…
31 Flavors of MLEEEE
I am so fortunate that I get to call this girl mine. She is the most creative, thoughtful and silly girl I know. People often ask what my favorite flavor of ice cream is – I have several. Like ice cream, my girl is full of sweetness and no matter what memory I have, I…
TenQ to Stephanie TanQ
Today we are celebrating your ministry with high schoolers at Fullerton Free. It may seem like it is ending, (and in some ways it is because you are stepping into a new role), but I don’t think it is a period. It is a comma – a pause. The effects of your ministry over the…
6.4.23 Wedding Day Toast of Gratitude
Clayton and Amanda, here we are on your wedding day celebrating! Let me start with a few words of gratitude: Jennifer, thank you for such a godly young woman. You’ve raised her well as a woman of honor and one of many passions and one love. Yes, I prayed for her and for you for…