The Accident

Yesterday the kids and I were heading to pick up daddy from the airport.  His plane happened to land during rush hour.  Of course, living in a major city, rush “hour” is used loosely.  It’s from about 3 – 8 pm.   The expressway was packed.  It was wall to wall cars everywhere as we…

My Divine Encounter

As Dw prayed with me that day, asking the Lord to place divine connections in my path, I knew that he was on to something!  This was going to be a trip like none other! My first flight went from Phoenix to Chicago with a three hour layover.  I had not flown through Chicago in…

The Gem Shower!!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you sweet bloggy friends! The Gem Foundation Shower was such a joy! The anticipation was in the air from Gems to Nannies….the  kids loved their presents. Those who gave backpacks awhile back will be happy to know that some left from back then were used to bless these precious Gems…

Crazy Dreams

Recently I was commiserating to the Lord about a crazy dream I had and wanted to do  again but didn’t think there was anyway it would be possible.   We’d done it before {twice} and there was no logical way we could do it again.   It seemed to me, as I pondered it all,…

love

Never a better time to find something you love. Never a better season to begin to shop. Never a better place to spend your hard earned money. Knowing that every dollar of each purchase  feeds orphans and the vulnerable street children in Uganda and India.   Yes, International Voice of the Orphan has expanded  our…

He Saw Her

Every now and then something happens that causes me to stop in my tracks.  Perhaps a random act of kindness, a simple gesture that was so unexpected and sometimes it’s just an unsolicited smile. Do you know what I mean? In fact, sometimes when these simple acts  are completely unexpected,  the mere show of unprompted…