a planted life | learning to love
Dear Mom,I read a post of Facebook the other day where a mom was telling her adult kids what she really wanted for Mother's Day. In short: Time with them. I agree. Being a mom myself I feel the exact same way. But since we're far apart and don't spend as much time together as... Continue Reading →
Today after church we began our annual road trip to "Oregon"... We always say that but really it's initially a road trip to Redding, CA where my sister lives. Eventually we get to Oregon.In the past, I'd wake the kids early in the morning, load them in the car, and we make it closer to... Continue Reading →
Periodically I'm reminded... I'm leaking Out my eyes Out my mouth Everywhere I can produce nothing without the miracle of God. I'm like a bucket full of holes I can't hold water I can't achieve my sole purpose Fill me! Fill me! Fill me! I want to be filled. But I keep dripping Pouring... Continue Reading →
It's my fourth year doing it. You'd think I'd be on track by now. I don't know why I thought that today was November 31st. I guess I forgot that old rhyme I learned back in first grade. When I ran into my friends from church who are about to have their first baby in... Continue Reading →
I wasn't trying to be defiant or difficult. I knew the answer and I believe the answer, I just, I don't know, the cracking dam that wasn't holding back my tears very well this morning was going to totally give way any moment and I had to answer the way Paul did:The saying is trustworthy... Continue Reading →
Finally everyone is in bed and its quiet. I sit to reflect on the day and try to really live it again. The day was full of baseball, cleaning, spending time with the dad and husband who's gone every Saturday, watching the 3rd game in the World Series, feeling really shocked that Detroit hasn't done...anything.... Continue Reading →
What a day. A Husband out of town day. A 3rd grader book report day. A PERFECT Phoenix-area fall weather day! Its a tease though. I wish it would stay that way. Next week it supposed to be in the mid 90's again. I'm ready for sweaters, and spice candles, and pumpkin spice lattes. I googled... Continue Reading →
I got sick a few weeks ago. So much so that I couldn't bear the thought of drinking hot coffee in the morning. A week later, my coffee habit was broken. Since then I've had a cup or two, but now I'm mostly drinking hot tea.When my life was torn in two for the second... Continue Reading →
I took my boys out to see The Odd Life of Timothy Green yesterday. From the previews I thought it would be cute and kind of silly but I did not think I would ball. Yes ball. Catch-my-breath-face-wrinkled-up-dripping-nose-dripping-with-tears-wet-faced ball. Sometimes the dam that holds back the flood is broken with a flicker from a Disney... Continue Reading →
We've been gone for 17 days on our annual trek to Northern Cali and Southern Oregon. It feels like "three months"- as my youngest announced today. We made a ton of memories. I wanted to blog my way through the trip, by posting each day, but Internet wasn't always available and when it was it... Continue Reading →
Cultivating Faithfulness 