A few months ago, I wrote a series of posts about Faith, Art, and Government, featuring posters that graphic designer Joseph Binder created for the U.S. Navy. Here are links to those posts: Faith, Art, and Government 1, Faith, Art, and Government 2, Faith, Art, and Government 3. I recently came ... View Post
Tell Me My Story – 3: Happy Story-Making
A few days ago I wrote about telling children their family story. Later I told you the beginning of Ray's and mine. On this very day, you are writing the family story for your children to tell someday. Enjoy the silly things they do today. Just maybe you will get to experience something that will ... View Post
Tell Me My Story – 2: How our story began
In the spring of 1974, I was living off-campus in a rented room in an old red-brick mansion across the street from Middle Tennessee State University. The first floor was furnished with impressive antiques. The lady of the house rented three rooms to college girls. We came and went through a grand ... View Post
Tell me my story – 1: Family stories show respect.
A history professor once told my husband Ray: If you don’t know the past, you don’t know who you are. I think he's right. I was privileged to speak at a retreat for homeschooling mamas a few weeks ago. The organizer requested that I speak on the topic: "Tell me my story." I realized during ... View Post
The Struggle and the Blessing of Time
Ray and I were both at my desk working on a project one day when my phone dinged to alert me to a text message. One of the joys of family is having so much shared history that you can make a joke without having to explain a thing. When I heard the ding, I said to Ray, "These are the dings of our ... View Post
A gift, a note, and an important message
Someone knocked on our front door last week. This was a surprise, since all our friends are back door folks. The man at the door was from UPS. Obviously he was new because even our UPS deliverers know to come to the back door, which is actually the side door at the back of the house. The day was ... View Post
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