You’re a BAD mom!

I had a friend comment lightheartedly on what a good mom I was because I mentioned missing the kids when they’re gone.  (If you only knew, I thought.)
Another mom commented that she must be a “bad” mom because she loved it when the kids were gone.  (At least for a while.)
And we had a chuckle [...]

Building the kingdom…one Tedious Dance at a time

Yesterday Caleb attended a church service with his buddy.
“How was it?” I asked.
“Oh, it was okay,” he replied.
“Didcha learn anything?”
“Oh, not really.  We learned a tedious dance and learned about the VBS that’s coming up?”
Jay and I started howling.
“A tedious dance?” I asked in between my laughter.
“Yeah….it was like the Five Dollar Foot Long Dance,” [...]

Fear! It’s what makes the world go round!

Frequently I have to have a discussion with myself:  No, Theresa….you do not have a brain tumor. (Note  to self: See David.  My chiropractor.) Caleb’s freckle isn’t a malignancy.  And no, Jay isn’t going to die in a freak accident driving to work.  (Most likely anyway.)
From fear in relationships (What did she really mean by [...]

Learning to live loved

It is both exhilarating and a little sad too when I realize how I find myself needing to learn how to love people.  Kent Burgess shared some wonderful thoughts on his blog and then pointed to a comment by Kirk that really jarred my usual paradigm.
Kirk talks about his encounter with a couple of Mormon [...]

Living by rule or principle?

Better eat up the last of that Christmas fudge!  At the stroke of midnight it’s time to break out the celery sticks and toast in the New Year with a Diet Coke.  Oh- scratch that, if you’re like me, Diet Coke triggers hunger….make that a nice glass of selzer water.
Oh bleck.  Count me out.   Not [...]

Oprah’s Big Gain

Poor Oprah.  Her show, “Oprah’s Big Give” ended up being a Big Fizzle.  And now the poor dear is embarrassed to announce she’s hit the big 2-0-0 on the scales.
I gotta admit…my first reaction was, “Whew!  I guess I’m not so bad off after all!” And I suspect I wasn’t the only one mentally comparing [...]

Jesus is coming back…and boy is he ticked!

The first time I saw that bumper sticker it cracked me up.  It reminded me of the time when we’d play “Angry Daddy” or whatever the heck we called it when we were kids.  One of my siblings or I would grab dad’s belt, fold it over and then smack it on the steps as [...]