Family
Memories of the CRUMY kids…
I'm listening to Julia talk about hilarious skits at youth group tonight. She and Nate are laughing hysterically in the kitchen and it is 8:30 at night. I should be fussing at them to get in bed, but I am grinning ear to ear. Oh, I have the best memories of my youth...
Life more Abundantly
{Print: Â The Olive Tree} Nate had a Rugby game Saturday. Julia played with a new friend all day. Riley and I took a nap together. Brian cleaned the garage. I am blessed. So very blessed. It is nice to have a little rest after the holidays. Do you agree? I have been on...
Friendship and Seasons
Apparently, when I was dropped off for my first day of Kindergarten, I waved to my father while holding my mother's hand and yelled, "I am going to have millions and millions of friends!". Apparently one wonderful brother wasn't enough for me and I was ready to expand...
Sunday nights…
Sunday nights are usually very low key around here. I like it. We have a sit down dinner and talk over the next week. Brian and I try to be honest about what we are worried about with the kids. They pray the most beautiful prayers for us and it let's them know how...
Plant Therapy
Today, Riley and I spent a lot of time at The Simple Farm this morning. After being there, and impulsively buying strawberry plants, I decided to go to Home Depot. I decided that plants were needed. Green, healing, happy plants. Riley's adoption is taking so much...
41
41 years. It has been 41 years since Roe vs. Wade. I could tell you how amazed I am at the lack of coverage of the march on Washington DC today. I could tell you how sad I am that  we still disagree on this. I could tell you how I worry and pray for those that face...
Community and feeling welcome
This morning, Riley and I headed over to The Simple Farm with mom. We met Riley's great-aunt and grandmother there. I had been wanting to show them where I take Riley on Thursdays. As soon as we pulled up, his grandmother and great-aunt were waving at us, welcoming us...
Leavin’ on a jet plane
Mom leaves tomorrow. I have considered hiding her driver's license so that she cannot get on the plane, but daddy really misses her. I guess I'll let her head home 😉 Mom has a way of encouraging me and coming up beside me to help with everything. She offers gentle...
Will you go home a different way? {The feast of the Epiphany}
This morning, the Gospel reading was from Matthew 2. After the reading, Father Fred's homily (sermon) was about the last verse - "And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, Â they departed for their country by another way." He challenged us to go home a...