I put on my boots and packed my favorite notebook just like I told you.  At 1 o'clock in the morning I left home, heading for the airport in Chicago three hours away.  I figured I would come back the same way I came.  I simply forgot. When we step boldly into the unknown for Christ, we can never return the way we left. Halfway across the country, I bounce from one idea to another.  From the eagerness to create, to do something new and exciting, and the reality of my … [Read more...]

          It struck me today How good readers first must read How good runners first must run How good cooks first must cook How good Momma's first must be Momma's   When I wonder if I will ever get this right And the earth circles the sun  And I still rush the kids when we should go slow and silence them when I should listen And I don't yell by raising my voice, but the tone is just so harsh, so … [Read more...]