I Would Do the Same Thing! Did you recently see the courtroom footage of the father who rushed the Olympic gymnastics team doctor who sexually assaulted dozens of girls including his very own daughters? The father actually asked the judge if he could have five minutes alone with the offender, even one minute. After the…
A Bright New Year!
Barrett and I took a walk around the Coast Guard Housing alone today. That seems like innocent sentence, yet its packed with meaning. First of all, Barrett and I are together on New Year’s Day after we’ve been separated for three months! Plus, we were walking alone together because all our kids were playing outside…
Ending the Bonaventure Adventure
We are on the lasts. Last Monday, last Tuesday, last violin lesson, and last week of school. We said goodbye to our Weston church friends and pastor and I found myself a little sad as the SS teachers hugged my kids and told them they would miss them. We handed the minivan keys back to…
Pilgrams
“Holy God in love became. Perfect man to bear my blame. On the cross he took my sin. By his death I live again.” Mumble, mumble mumble, “AMEN”! This is what Lydia is singing and saying while I’m typing and watching the Patriots beat Miami on the TV in a hotel room in Florida. That…
Limbo
The fold out couch here is never a couch. It’s always the bed where my kids sleep like pack dogs, wrestling for a spot and snuggling with various appendages each night. I bought a few small pumpkins as an attempt to present fall and festivities, but the hotel smell belies the illusion of home. Yet…