I feel like I’m constantly evolving into something else. It seems as if my past, my present, and my future are all intertwining into one strong rope that can’t be broken. That is a good thing. I suspect that Jo thinks I’m a bit extreme for being so interested in Elvis, but he filled a [...]
Of all the games our two younger sons Lucas, 7, and Atticus, 5, love to play at dinnertime, their favorite is religious trivia. Here’s a random, annotated sampling of tonight’s questions: 1. What is the first book of the Bible? (They both know this one and what it means.) 2. What is the last book [...]
My grandma, Ethel Mae Simpson, was quite an extraordinary woman. Born in 1923 and raised in a rather poor environment, she always lived a rather simple life. But her life was extraordinary in that she lived a life of faith and prayer. She was a lifelong member of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church. She married [...]
I was not disappointed when Lucas chose Abraham Lincoln for his 2nd-grade Famous Americans project. And I’m elated with what he did with it! He picked out the red posterboard at Hobby Lobby; drew by hand and cut out the “bubble letters”; wrote a detailed paragraph explaining Lincoln’s most important accomplishments; drew and colored his [...]
Shoebox + metallic paint + jewels + sequins = two cool treasure boxes :)
I made crosses out of the palm leaves we got this past Palm Sunday and put them up in the “new” house this weekend. Kevin and the boys buried the remaining strings and pieces that had fallen off the fronds. (Since they’re blessed, we can’t just throw them away.) Kevin dug a hole and put [...]
Happy Birthday to our sweet five-year-old, Atticus!! Yesterday, we had a birthday dinner with family and close friends at Chick-fil-A. Today’s his birthday, but CFA is closed on Sundays, and he really wanted to be able to play in the play place. (You can see by his sweaty hair that he’d already enjoyed quite a [...]
The last time we were at my parents’ house, my dad gave Lucas one of the butternut squashes he grew in his garden this year. So the next week, I cooked it in the microwave like he told me, just like a baked potato: poke a bunch of holes in it and cook it about [...]
Kevin’s always telling the boys he wants them to be “smarter than the average bear,” encouraging them not to settle for doing or being the bare minimum. Tonight at dinner, Lucas said he wanted to be smarter than the average bear, and Atticus repeated it, too. Then, Attie asked, “Who is the average bear?”
