How To Face The Future When Our Options Seem Bleak!

How did you feel when you discovered that the man you voted for lost the race for the presidency? I prayed. I will keep on praying. I am not only praying for God to turn the hearts of our countrymen but that he will work on and in the heart of our coming leader. 
Remember when [...]

Jesus – Does He Make Any Difference To You?

Who is Jesus to you? The fourth book of the New Testament, the gospel of John chapter 1- tells us that Jesus is God.
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without [...]

Memorial Day

May 30th, 1868 was the first official observance of Memorial Day. General John Logan was the National Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. This first official observance was marked by the decorating of the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.The first state to officially recognize the holiday was New [...]

Chelsie – A little girl with a big heart

Chelsie Renee was born April 11th, 1989. She was the sixth child born to our family and the second girl. We didn’t know before she was born if she would be a girl, but I had a sneaking suspicion.
Chelsie was born on a cool, gray day. I prayed that it would rain when she [...]

If I Had A Remembrance Book…..

I love the way that sounds. If I did, I would tell you for sure about my dad. My dad has such an interesting personality. He can be fun and crazy one minute and dead serious the next. Let me share some fun things I remember from my little girl perspective of my daddy.
My [...]

Home For Christmas

I have been out and about and enjoying myself. Everyone needs a season of refreshment. Mine was taking a quick trip to Florida for a few days with my daughter and son-in -law. They were adopting their first little one and I had so much fun. We also had a few days to wait things [...]

A Breath of Fresh Air

I had a great day yesterday. My favorite kind of day is a day when I can just stay home all day and play homeschool mom. I didn’t get to do that for the whole day but let me tell you about my idea of a perfect homeschool day.
My day currently begins at 5am when [...]

Keeping You Current

I am at home today and looking forward to a good school day. We will even have a short field trip to the Ohio Caverns. I quess the tour is only about an hour. Tim has been bugging me to go to the library so that will be another stop along the way. Jim did [...]

A Fresh Start

Well, I moved into our new place (new to us) last week on Fri. night. After being here a week I can now walk through the house and find most of the things I need. I have many boxes of books yet to unpack but I am waiting on brick and board book shelves to [...]

Who Am I?

I love writing and I love my family. I thought it would be good to tell people who I am and how it is I have come to this point in my life.
I was born in 1956 to Christian parents. My dad was a student at Cedarville College when I was born and my mom [...]