one The four oldest have been invited to a birthday party this evening. May the Almighty help me not to scream at the next child who comes in and asks, again, if its time to go yet. Not for another 9 hours, Buster, NINE HOURS. two Tomorrow is the Christmas bake sale at church. May the Almighty help me not to scream at the next child who comes in and asks, again, if its time for the bake sale….. three... Read more
What seems like a lifetime ago Matt and I took the astounding and miraculous opportunity to go to Jerusalem to participate in the GAFCON meeting. I’m still living off that brief stunning visual landscape–off just standing on the Mount of Olives looking at the Dome of the Rock, off our one day driving around the Sea of Galilee and hungrily sucking down every word of our guide as he unfolded the Scriptures before us, off sitting in front of the... Read more
St Nicholas visited Good Shepherd this Sunday (does ANYONE have a picture?) and then circled back through town Monday night bringing the four girls very pretty tea spoons (which he got online from a really fabulous place in Canada) and the boys camping knife/fork/spoon pocket implements in their own little cases. St. Nicholas, as usual, fretted very much about everybody being happy and went to bed at midnight the night before thinking that someone would maybe have rather had an... Read more
Romulus gagging and trying to get through his dinner.You know this black stuff on top of the potato? Well, that stuff makes some people throw up.(Nobody is allowed to say they don’t like something at dinner, and nobody is allowed to throw up.) Romulus putting a little world on the Jesse Tree.God created the world?! Seriously?!(Like we haven’t mentioned this over and over in the last four months! What!) Alouicious flirting with logic.You know why I believe Santa is real?... Read more
one Baby took a step one day this week. And then the next day took another step. And then we panicked and stopped coaxing her. two As a result of doing a tiny bit of Christmas shopping online, I have been followed around by the things I was looking at on every single other website I normally attend to. Well, I was until yesterday when I deliberately went to a series of websites I like very much but from which... Read more
I’m trying to avoid reality by not getting out of bed, but everybody is up and arguing and it looks like I’m going to have to give up and arise.Alouicious and Elphine fighting in the other room:A: I am doing it because I love Jesus. But I like chocolate too and Daddy said we could have chocolate.E: But you shouldn’t do it for the chocolate. You should do it because you love Jesus.A: I AM. But I also get chocolate.E:... Read more
103 Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully sufficient? Sometimes for a while it was midnight for the son; he could not see his way.Then, just then, it often happened that a friend came to his house and he had nothing to set before him; and Moses’ anxious question was his, Shall sheep and oxen be slain for them, and shall it suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together and shall it... Read more
There ought to be a law against any change in routine ever. Nobody knows what to do on this ordinary regular morning because of all the previous days of partying. And I also seem less able to grope my way towards sanity than I was a week ago. And there’s only like three weeks until it all gets messed up again. Its fine for Jesus to say, “don’t worry about tomorrow” but I don’t think he was accounting for the... Read more
Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the first day of the new church year–Happy New Year! As the secular year draws to a vibrant gaudy and showy close, the church year dawns dark and quiet and sober and fresh. The single reed like voice of John the Baptist cries out in the still darkness as a sliver of golden light burns bright along the horizon. “Repent” the voice calls out, “the Kingdom of God is at hand.” “Behold, the... Read more
Happy Thanksgiving All. I am chiefly thankful today to be in my house and not in line in any kind of store. I’m thankful for a lot of other stuff too, but its hard to remember any of it from the over abiding glow of Not having to go outside today for any reason. Anyway, on Wednesday, we made pie. Everyone got to make their own little pie. The two large ones, I guess, are for me, since Matt... Read more
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