Never

Never. Never. Never. Never. Never enough pictures. Never enough time. Never enough laughing. Never enough talking. Never enough memories. Never enough moments. Never enough hugs. Never enough. Never ever enough. As a parent of grown children, others understand. As the parent of a son in the Speci*l Forces, there is never, ever, ever, enough. Ever….

Tomorrow’s Post

A blog friend, Emily, wrote to me asking if I could please start posting some Memorial Box Monday stories again.  I had taken a pause, as you all know.  Not because God’s working in our lives had stopped for two reasons: I wondered if people were getting tired of them and I had also wondered if…

To All You Single Moms

Many of you, my sweet bloggy friends, are single moms. So many names instantly pop into my head, but I won’t start naming any because I don’t ever want to offend anyone for leaving them out.   But there’s a friend who adopted two brothers out of foster care and it has been an extremely…

A Time to Laugh

What would it be like if when God created us we weren’t allowed to laugh?   I have never thought of this before, but seriously, can you imagine? As all eight kids were loaded into the car this morning, I was pondering what  life would be like without any fun?  Because honestly friends,  Almighty God…

It’s Not Really About the Picnic

Although picnics with friends and family have been planned across our nation today, it’s not really about the picnic… Today is a day that was set aside to honor those who chose to sacrifice  their lives for the freedoms we enjoy today. Sadly in backyards, parks and homes across America,  family and friends will gather…

My Mom-in-Love and My Mom

I started our Place Called Simplicity just because I love to write and thought it would be nice to chronicle life’s journey for my family.  My hope was that one day they would would read to it to their children and get to know their Mimi who loved them so much. Somehow the Lord had…

It’s Your Chance…

A couple of months ago I felt like the Lord was speaking to me about an idea for a little series of blog posts for the future. The idea wasn’t all that extraordinary {in the scheme of some of the things I’ve heard Him speak to my heart}….in fact being perfectly honest I thought, “Okay,…

And The Winner Is…

Yesterday I mentioned that there was  a little special lovin’  comin’ your way…. Yes indeed.   Been working on a little surprise… I don’t have just one Memorial Box to give away. Nope. I don’t just have two Memorial Boxes  to give away. Nu-uh. I have THREE…. Count them… One Two Three I am really stinkin’…