Tag Archives: children
Simple Pleasures
I always dread cooking for family, or well, others. I’m a decent good, but I put so much pressure on myself trying to be perfect that I usually mess up. Sometimes badly. This year there was added pressure due to … Continue reading
August Third, If I Could Give a Gift
8-3, Day three of my month of birth. – If I could make a request for a gift, one not to hold tightly to self, but one to share, what sort of gift would I ask for on this day? … Continue reading
My Heart Weeps For the Children as I Struggle For Understanding
What do you say? What can one possibly say that will ease the pain we are feeling yet again? How can this, why is this happening so often to our children? The innocent, the helpless stolen from their family and … Continue reading
Lessons Learned From Nursery Duty
Yesterday, Sunday April twenty-fourth, I was blessed with the opportunity and gift of spending time in the nursery with the two and three year old kids. Those kids are amazing and will definitely remind you how to be young. As … Continue reading
March fifth; Faith over Fear, Faith in Spite of Fear
People differ, fears differ. The following story was written in 2011, though the actual event with the toy happened around thirty years ago. But stay with me as it moves beyond a toy story. an evil toy called blue bear … Continue reading
March First; My Thoughts on What is Filling the News
Finally March. I have always looked forward to March for several reasons. Anticipating Spring’s arrival and warmer temperatures being top of my list. Nature around me waking and springing back to life. I do look forward to putting away the … Continue reading
February Twenty-seventh; Thoughts on The Ripples That Should Concern us All
He asked, “Why should we worry about what is going on so far away?” (Link heavy) I tried to explain as best I could, in as condensed a version that still carried the full reason as possible. He has a … Continue reading
January Eighth; Thoughts on Cold Temperatures and the Suffering
The water dish was frozen solid this morning when I went outside to feed the cats. They were all collected on the back steps awaiting their breakfast, all were fine even as the temperature hovered somewhere in the twenties Fahrenheit. … Continue reading
Words from The Dirt Road 