Last Monday I wrote about Ray's and my 70-minute-round-trip jaunt to Ralph's to pick up doughnuts. I'm afraid that Saturday trip to Ralph's started something my waistline is regretting. One day last week I got a doughnut hole after play practice, one night Ray and I got a doughnut apiece after a ... View Post
What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
For the last few days, I’ve been thinking about how I can encourage you while you homeschool this fall. I thought back to 1990, when I was a brand new homeschooler and about what I wish someone had told me. I thought about what I would do if I were homeschooling this fall of 2021. This is the ... View Post
One More Time
On the day that I published "Sweet Ann, One of My Heroines," a reader who knew Ann posted a comment thanking me for writing about "a woman as beautiful as Ann." "I miss her so much," the reader wrote. "I just wish I could talk to her one more time." The reader's words keep coming to mind. I ... View Post
Welcome to Bethany
I believe that Jesus felt extra joy when He came near to this scene. Last Sunday I shared a watercolor of the Pool of Bethesda by English painter David Roberts. This is his painting of Bethany. Bethany is near Jerusalem. It was the home village of Jesus' friends Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. ... View Post
Precious Moments
I have learned not to recommend books to people until I have finished the very last page, so I haven't yet mentioned the name of the book I am listening to. So far so good, so I am expecting to recommend it to you very soon. I am sharing another story from it today. I told you yesterday about the ... View Post
It’s All Yours
Many years ago, when we were a young family in Mississippi, Ray taught a Sunday School class in a little hideaway upstairs classroom. It was a young marrieds class about marriage. He would be the first to tell you that he was way too young to be teaching such a class. We remember it fondly ... View Post