My Generous Valentine
I remember a very poignant Valentine’s Day dinner. My husband and I had just driven from Michigan to Palo Alto, California to leave our daughter to live with my mother for a few months. Things were hectic that day so the two of us just decided to grab a quick bite of dinner at a neighborhood cafe.
21 Ways to Celebrate Gratitude
GUEST POST 21 Ways to Celebrate Gratitude - Idea #16 Sing a Song of Thanks Guest post by Shelley Hitz Thanksgiving season is soon approaching and this year, I encourage you to take the opportunity to celebrate gratitude. In the midst of the hustle and bustle of this holiday season, take a moment (or two) [...]
The Crack Patcher’s Gospel
Then the master told his servant, “Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.” Luke 14:23 NIV It started with a mailbox. My family and I had moved from a large community to a new house in a smaller Midwestern town. [...]
The Only Voice – 9/11 Anniversary 2012
What can you say about the cruelest tragedy ever to overtake this great country? Who can a person even begin to make sense of the aeronautic bomb rammed into the Twin Towers, workers fleeing Manhattan like third world refugees, family and friends begging the media to post a photo of their loved ones, the president [...]
Helping Your Daughter Find Friends
Have you ever seen a teenage girl alone? It’s rare as a coconut cream pie at a Weight Watchers picnic. Girls this age love to hang out in packs. There’s security in groups and going alone to the mall or the movies hardly ever happens. Having a pile of girlfriends is like having a warm [...]
Moving the Shy Child
Nothing upsets an introvert like change. For someone who loves routine and the quiet predictability of life, moving unsettles and robs the introvert person of their solitude and security. It’s even more difficult if you, as a parent have a shy child and find your family in a new address.Your fifth grade daughter hides out [...]
Your Last House? Moving in with the Children has a new Meaning.
As our population grows older the building trad becomes creative in helping families take care of their elderly parents. An Australian concept called Granny flats had been around since the ’70′s and now and is now catching on here. In Seattle the FAB Cab company manufacture is giving families an alternative to [...]
You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello by Mandy Pogue-Strine
Dear Readers, This might be the most poignant guest post I’ve ever had. I want you all to meet Mandy, an American graduate wife who has moved a lot with her husband while he finishes up his post-graduate studies. She’s had to adjust to new towns, schools, a foreign country(England) and temporary friendships…all [...]
I’m a Crack Patcher
Isaiah 61: 1-2 says, “The Spirit of the Sovereign God is on me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the [...]
Highs and Lows
Carol’s note: We have another blog from Mollie Bond who has just moved to Chicago She is a very adventurous young woman and always has an interesting slant on moving, especially choosing a large versus a small town. I know you will enjoy her blog. I moved from a town of 50 people to [...]
