The Lazy Dazy

  Hazel died today.  Twenty-five years ago, this summer, the Captain and I married and twenty-five years ago, this fall, Hazel came to live with us.  She was a year old, but she was like new and she was the answer to one … Continue reading →

I ordered boys.  Six of them.  The first one arrived without surprise.  A few years later I was in delivery, ready to meet his little brother.  His name was Samuel…….until the bottom half of “him” arrived!!!  What?!!  But…!!!  Wait…!!!  Well, we changed … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday! I’ve never really been one to use the phrase, “my hero is…” and couldn’t even fill in the blank that easily, if asked.  However, I’ve found myself thinking, time and again, in recent years, “Wow, he amazes me!”  The oldest … Continue reading →

Tess Mess (where do ya suppose she got that nickname?) is Sweet 16!  Is it possible?  Where has the little girl gone?  I will say this again in five years, no doubt, about the young lady that was once sweet sixteen.  … Continue reading →

I am giving myself thirty minutes, tops, to complete this ridiculous post.  Ready.  Set.  Go. This morning I woke aware of, and overwhelmed by, all the *projects* I live amongst.  They all seemed to be in my face screaming, ”Pick me, pick … Continue reading →

Since before they could walk or talk, I have hoped my babies would grow to understand and believe the truth about beauty.  The Enemy is brimming with lies on the subject and he has a mass marketing agency in our culture, through which to sell them.  He’s … Continue reading →

A well meaning friend told me, in a moment of frustration, that she didn’t see the point in spending so much time, energy and money in playing competitive basketball because “it has no eternal value”.  With all due respect, I … Continue reading →

Road trip ahead…just twenty-four hours ’til take off!  The Lady Titans and their families will be headed to ”State”, in a matter of hours, with a third overall ranking.  It is the Texas State Homeschool Basketball Championships drawing us to the Metroplex.  Don’t let the “homeschool” part … Continue

Time flies.  Time stands still.  Both true.  Both false.  Days passed at a crawl the week before our vacation.  Our week at the shore, however, was mere minutes.   Both were seven days.  Time stands still; time flies…or so it seems. The reality is that the Creator of … Continue reading →