Some days are just easy to skip through. Exciting times. Joyful events. Then there are other days. The kind that are marked by grief. Or sadness. Or trauma. Still others serve as a solemn reminder of events that were difficult or painful. For one bloggy friend, today is the birthday of her oldest…
Last night as I was climbing into bed, my mind wandered and began to flood with fear-filled thoughts. I had to stop and pray and ask the Lord for His peace to replace the memories. I wondered if I would even be able to sleep. Exactly five years before I was climbing into bed, …
As I get back into gear, there are so many things that I wanted to mention. Today, January 14, 2013 we are taking time to thank the Lord for His sovereign protection over us just four years ago on this date. For those new to our Place Called Simplicity, on this date, four years ago,…
For those new to our Place Called Simplicity, it was three years ago today that the kids and I fled for our very lives as our little log home was burning. The kids and I had been sleeping and I was wakened by the smoke alarm going off. Dw was out of town at the…
Today was a monumental day over here at our home. I finally turned in the final paperwork to our insurance for the fire. Hundreds and hundreds of hours and it is done. I stayed up both Saturday and last night till after 3am to ‘get ‘er done’. There were 4,227 line items to go…
Memorial Box Monday is the time we set aside to remember. To remember all the ways God has shown up for us. He is always faithful. Two years ago I first shared this story. It is a true miracle. There is no explanation at all, other than that Almighty God showed up. Big time. …
If you read this last year, I ask you to bear with me and please read it again {for me}. If you think it can’t happen to you, think again. If you think it only happens in the daytime, think again. If you think your dog will wake you up, think again. If you think…
We are closing in on finishing up the inventory from the fire. Truly, there have been months that I was unable to work on it. It was just too overwhelming from many vantage points, especially emotionally. But we are getting down to the wire and it must be completed. Yesterday I worked most of…
I kind of feel that I should do a disclaimer to this post. Life takes us all on different roads, around curves we didn’t anticipate and through swamps we couldn’t have guessed. Sometimes we sense the Lord telling us something that just might not make sense to others. This is one of those stories….
Ahhhh……where to begin….where to begin?As I was thinking about this post, I was thinking about the highs and lows of life. Just two years ago on July 11th, Dw called me from Africa and said, “Linny, how big are your arms?” “Oh Whitey, how many are you bringing me? How many?” The amazing thrill and…
