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Proper Refinement

Is painful. It makes me see things about myself that I don't like, like my sin-nature, my pride, my desire to hide rather than be vulnerable, my embarrassment at my weaknesses. Turns me into a person more willing and abl…
Where's the aisle with the attitude readjustments?

I have a serious case of the "I Wants." Usually, I'm fairly content with our--what would you call it? early marriage? eclectic? sure, I'll take that furniture/TV/dishwasher you don't want anymore?--home decorating circu…
*tears*

A link from CNN: Mom tries to kill autistic son, then kills self I've come back to these verses several times recently. They came to mind just now as I thought about the suffering and grief she must have gone through …
Thy Kingdom Come

Some days, I so long for the end to sin, pain, suffering, evil. I am shocked all over again every time I read about the utter and total deliberate destruction of one human being by another. I cry and cry over the stron…
Learning a new use for an old tool

Well, we got our car back from the mechanic on Friday and, of course, the car worked fine there. I wish that were good news. Because the car did *not* work fine on Tuesday, and I go into the new week driving around tow…
A Bigger House Full of Jacks!

Congratulations to our friends Dan & Tricia on the birth of their son Caleb: Caleb was born yesterday, a nice stout 9 lb 3 oz boy. Today, he is being treated for pneumonia. Dan says it is nothing too serious, bu…
An Unpleasant Flow Chart

Although, I'm not going to take the time to construct a whippy little graphic. Chemo (leads to) Low white blood cell count (leads to) Compromised immune system (leads to) Infection (leads to) Fever (and) Highly nega…
He heard back

My dad called back late this afternoon to say that the radiologist's tests this week confirmed the original diagnosis: Stage 4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma. So, he's back on track to start radiation treatment on Monday. …
Simple Pleasure, by God's grace

Every once in awhile, something out of the everyday, ordinary of life jumps out, grabs me, and says, "Rejoice!" Today, it was asking my 4-year-old to bring the honey from the dining room into the kitchen so that I could…
Good News on the Cancer Front, We Hope

I called my dad this afternoon to see how his first radiation treatment went. When he got the office this morning, the radiologist sat down with him and said, after additional analysis of my dad's various test results, …