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Reading  an old journal today I found this: 11/07/1998 Today on the way home from church I was asking Cambria about her class and what she learned. She said that she learned about Jesus dying on the cross and there was blood dripping from his hands and His head. She said,”mommy let’s pray for Jesus [...]

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We were on the last song of the hour long class and I was spent. I was eagerly anticipating getting off the bike. I hear Wanda’s words, “I know it burns, but so what. You can do it.” Somewhere with in me comes this surge of physical power. My  feet move the pedals twice as [...]

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“We can never judge where we will be tomorrow by where we are today. ” – by Melody Beattie

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I can’t remember how long I’ve had these black Converse with the leopard backs.  I wear them practically everyday and get so many comments on how fun, cute or stylish they are. I do know that I bought them at Ross, one of my favorite discount stores. Unfortunately I have a disease. It’s  called, the [...]

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About a month ago I was digging through my garage determined to find a set of silverware I thought I  had. No luck. In the process I found a familiar box that Scott had made in junior high wood shop. I opened it up to find old love notes and movie stubs from me, that [...]

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The song was going through my head, “Oh how he loves me.”  I have sung this song when God is pouring out incredible blessings in my life and at those moments I am fully aware of the truth of the words. To sing about God’s love when I am hurting feels as if it is [...]

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Scott and Marissa are down in Disneyland celebrating our daughters 13th birthday. Scott has always given our girls the gift of a surprise trip at the 13 year point. Not only do I have an incredible husband he is an amazing dad to our girls. Being left behind, I decided Cambria and I would not [...]

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We were having a cheap family day in the Seattle library when the call came in on my cell. It was Cambria. She and her boyfriend Logan had just gone out to the car to retrieve his backpack. His dad was going to be picking him up soon. Back to the call,”Umm Mom, the car’s [...]

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At the center of my heart are my daughters, but it is so easy to forget what a joy it is to do the duties of Motherhood. I don’t treat it like it’s special. I often think there are hundreds of mothers being parents to hundreds of kids, and that the actions of it are [...]

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