the little sign that usually sits above my kitchen sink Many years ago the Lord began to speak to both Dw and I about “simplifying” our lives. We read an amazing book together about living simply. We liked it so much, we read it again. And then every few years we read it again. It…

Years ago we were living in Virginia Beach where Dw was attending seminary. While there we had the most horrific storms ever. We ourselves weren’t kids, we’d been married quite a long time, we had 3 kids and #4 – John – was on the way. But these storms were something else and on more…

It never ceases to amaze me that even at my age I can still do things that are big “ooopsies”! Today I had called Africa from the Skype on my computer. It is fun to be able to talk to Dw and Emma without the typical delay in overseas calls. After talking to Dw for…

It seems that this whole “getting kicked by a horse” thing is getting pretty old now. I had grandious ideas of all the things I would get done while Dw is in Africa. I could get the Dossier worked on for Jubilee’s adoption, as well as organize the storage containers in the shed, clean out…