Father Friday #23
With Father’s day coming on Sunday, I cannot help but think about dads. My dad. Jim’s dad. Jim. I think I will share a memory of each, Jim’s dad was a #7 out of 9 children. He was smart and resourceful. Raised in southern California, Lionel was an eagle scout, served in the Navy during…
Choosing or Feeling or Both?
Choosing joy. My sister in love and I were having a conversation about this recently. Here are are few of my thoughts. Let’s talk about choosing. We all get to choose things like what flavor of ice cream and which shoes we will put on. Americans are especially good at demanding choices and I have…
Books #22
I grew up in a home that valued learning. One of the ways was this was evidenced was by the vast number of bookshelves filled with books, often double deep and sagging middles due to the weight of all the volumes. Books and magazines were often overwhelming coffee tables, sofa cushions and more. You might…
Happy One year Anniversary C & A!
June 4, 2023. One year! Dear Clayton and Amanda – The farther I get from being married the less I feel I can give advice. It feels irrelevant and yet I remember so much that I learned by being married to your dad. You have one year down and many more to go! Perhaps you…
Habits make the person
Charles Spurgeon The most important daily habit we can possess is to remind ourselves of the gospel. I believe that what we do shapes who we become. I want the habits that I live have become some of the words that now define my character. Becoming excellent at anything is a result of cultivating the…
Dress Up #21
I went to a performance tonight put on by No Limits, which is a learning center in Brea for developmentally disabled adults. My sweet Julie H was performing. She opened the night with prayer. I am so humbled by her faith and her prayer life. The performance was great and you can watch it here…
More than we can ask or think
“Always more” is a phrase I learned from a Christian blogger and it has become something I think of all the time. It is based on Eph. 3:20 which says, Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work with…
Church Families #20
My parents are not from California and so when we migrated west we were far away from people who shared our DNA. We did maintain relationships with our southern roots and our family on the east coast as we made regular treks to visit them (the added bonus was learning about the country by traveling…
Some Thoughts on My Travels
I have a few thoughts on my recent trip to central Europe. They are random and shared as post travel musings. I used to buy lots of souvenirs but after purging my house and life I decided to be more selective about what tangible things I got to remind me of my trip. Emotions have…
Family Fridays #19 Aunts
Does anyone else out there have one of “those” aunts?! There are all kinds of aunts, of course, but I am referring to the kind of aunt that pinches your cheeks, squeezes you tight or give little tickles. The kind that buys you books and teaches you things such as how to bake or create…