by Joanne | May 30, 2013 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
Dear Weary Mom – I know you can do it. The end is in sight. You have come this far so don’t give up! You can: make one more lunch help with one more homework assignment wash those school uniforms (or clothes) make snacks for the class chaperone one more...
by Joanne | May 28, 2013 | Encouragement
The other day I was reminded of The Garden of Eden. I cannot imagine the beauty and perfection that was deposited into that first “home”. After all, God was building the first home for the first persons, Adam and Eve. His creativity was fully on display as...
by Joanne | May 23, 2013 | Encouragement
Dear Weary Mom – It is amazing how such a little life can bring such fatigue. It is a fatigue beyond any other. Truly. There are days that we just long for them to go down for a nap – easily – without crying, without rocking till our arms feel like...
by Joanne | May 23, 2013 | Encouragement
For the last few days I have been drawn to a familiar story repeatedly. I read the passage again this afternoon, amazed that it held yet more truth. Let me take you through the event, as told in Mark 5…. Jesus was in the middle of a large crowd. So large was...
by Joanne | May 22, 2013 | Encouragement
Some years ago, my mom discovered that she had a poetic streak in her. We used to look forward to getting a card from her, in which, she would write a limerick to describe what was going on in our family. We would all laugh till the tears fell. None of us knew she had...
by Joanne | May 16, 2013 | Encouragement
There is a word that I have been mulling over in my head since Sunday. Sunday was Mother’s Day. And if you are a woman, you already knew this fact. I do not know how many times over the last week I read these words: “Motherhood is not for the...
