Yesterday near the end of the school day, one of my sweet homeroom girls came over to me distressed. Her new black and red prescription glasses had fallen out of her pocket, and she couldn’t find them. I told her I hadn’t seen them, but I would keep an eye out for her. When the bell rang, 700+…
Category: Faith
The Hardest Place to be a Christian
“It’s harder to be a Christian at home than any place else on earth.”
May I Have Your Attention Please
Last night, I was having a fairly serious discussion with another member in my household, when abruptly, one of my children walks up and interrupts, clearly paying NO ATTENTION to the fact that we are in the middle of something. We are interrupted several more times before the other person says, “never mind, I can’t…
Screwed up
I have screwed up. I am screwed up. On some days, both can be said of me simultaneously. Some of the things I have done are so bad, I have only spoken about them aloud a few times. Somedays, try as I might, I just mess up. “It happens so regularly that it’s predictable. The moment I decide…
At the water’s edge
I gave the boys one last warning, then left them at the water’s edge alone.
The Tragedy in Moving
This move was both a dream come true and a nightmare.
Do you see me crying?
I completely disagreed with this treatment, but because I respected my dad greatly, I didn’t say a word about his “cruel” comments. After all, I didn’t have any children, so what did I know?
Wait for It. . .
167.1 seconds— That’s the average wait time on an order at McDonald’s. 243.7 seconds for White Castle. The average wait for Olive Garden in Orlando is 45 minutes for lunch and an hour for dinner. As for Disney’s Club 33- If you’re a member, you often have a two-week wait for a reservation. If you’re…
The Trouble With Gladys
I am enamored with the great life of Gladys Aylward. (If you aren’t familiar with her story, here is the short, 3 minute version: A short history of Gladys Aylward.) I would love to be great like Gladys Aylward. She ran The Inn of the Sixth Happiness in Yangchen, China where hundreds heard the name of…
Just a thought
“While we may not want to hear this, many of our spiritual conflicts simply are not going to cease until the character of the Lord Jesus is formed in our hearts.” Francis Frangipane in The Three Battlegrounds
michelle perrigo 