Laughter is the best medicine…

Laughter is the best medicine…

After a long day I was sitting in my living room and my husband handed me a card.  The card was from a dear friend and inside the card it had a scripture that spoke to my heart.  It said “Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.”...

Yesterday’s text message…

Yesterday, I was with some friends when my phone made that sounds…yep, it was that text sound.  I picked it up and quickly saw this picture of a child and the mom wrote…C lost his first tooth!  I was so excited for him.  I remember when all my children...
God will answer my prayer by 11:59

God will answer my prayer by 11:59

We have had our house on the market for three weeks. We asked our children to pray and to be specific with their prayers. Over last weekend, my husband starting praying that our house would sell by Tuesday…Tuesday came and we didn’t have an offer. We had...
Really?  Another letter…

Really? Another letter…

“Dear Mom and Dad, I had to sit out at P.E.  I am really sorry.”  Perspective is everything.  The teacher sees a distracting wiggler; the parents see a defeated struggler; the child sees disappointed everybody.  So you get this note and your heart explodes...
What is a house?

What is a house?

When I assess children, I want to know if they understand objects and can express to me what the objects are used for. (Example: What is a fence?  Typical answers: “for dogs” or “to keep my ball in my yard.” And even sometimes children will say…”to keep the bad guys...