by Kit | Jun 15, 2017 | On Living, On Parenting, On Writing, Reasons to Believe, Worthy of Praise
Aglint of gold caught my eye, something shiny tucked down in the shag carpet of our guest room-slash-office. Aha! A thin necklace belonging to our oldest daughter (the married one), proof that for several days prior our house had twittered with the happy bedlam of an...
by Kit | Jun 3, 2017 | On Empty-Nesting, On Living, On Parenting, Think About these Things
It’s half past seven on her last morning of high school. Our raven-haired woman-girl, who the good Lord brought through fiery trial, will graduate with her peers after all. Today when she bolts across our front threshold, she’ll etch a tombstone for our...
by Kit | May 14, 2017 | On Parenting, Whatever is Lovely
Raising kids is as simple, or as hard, as cooking perfect eggs. When Sean was five he said he’d take a raincheck on my scrambled eggs until I could make them like Grandma Doris. Hers were soft. Moist. Fluffy. Mine, far less magical. I tried again and again to...
by Kit | Apr 23, 2017 | On Living, Think About these Things, Uncategorized
The only thing I was (consciously) grieving when I left town was that I’d forgotten my precious. My iPhone, that is. Don’t get me wrong; I relish being disconnected. But with five errands to run on a business day, in a town thirty minutes away? I...
by Kit | Mar 6, 2017 | Devotions, On Living, Pin-couragement
My unseen actions and attitudes, this is the telling thing. Lord, turn my face toward you today, that I might be faithful in every thing, especially the small and seemingly insignificant. Where there’s no earthly accountability, help me still to take the...
by Kit | Dec 27, 2016 | Advent Reflections
And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love. -Romans 5:5 On this 20-degree day after Christmas, a little boy across the street bounces with...